Abstract: The present paper aims at studying the effect of microcracks opening on the diffusion and advection processes in a saturated porous medium. It is based on a micromechanical homogenization approach. The effects of porosity ...

Abstract: Many research activities have contributed to extend the homogenization schemes and variational bounds to account for surface stresses, in the case of matrix-inclusion composite materials. The nanostructure of clay-based ...

Abstract: Highly filled composite material systems exhibit, in triaxial compression, a composite strength that is greater than either the weaker particulate or matrix strength. This is due to an amplification of the local confinement ...