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To investigate the thermal-mechanical behavior of oceanic transform faults, we calculate 3-D steady-state incompressible mantle flow and heat transport using COMSOL Multiphysics. Our model incorporates a nonlinear viscous rheology with a visco-plastic approximation to simulate ... En savoir plus

To assess the safety deep geological repositories for nuclear waste, it is important to have a clear understanding of groundwater flow at the interface between the storage vault and the fractured rock. Traditional approaches for modelling groundwater often consider both the geological ... En savoir plus

An energy pile harvests geothermal energy to heat and cool a building by integrating ground heat exchanger (GHX) pipes into the building’s deep foundation, and extracts heat from the ground in the winter to heat buildings and injects heat into the ground during the summer. In areas with ... En savoir plus

Electrical resistivity surveys have been used for many decades in hydro geological, mining and geotechnical investigations. Various types of electrode combinations have been tested. But different array gives different type of response over same sub-surface feature. Response of different ... En savoir plus

为研究不同加热方式下煤岩内部裂隙在热力耦合作用下的变形特征，建立了微波和常规加热两种数值模型，考查了不同温度场分布特征下裂隙周边应力应变场的变化过程。研究结果表明：微波加热，温度场分布具有内高外低的特征，此时裂隙周边分布的应力多为压应力，且数值较大，裂隙边界位移表现为向内收缩；常规加热，温度场分布具有外高内低的特性，此时裂隙周边分布应力多为拉应力，但量值较低，裂隙边界位移表现为向外扩张；热源越靠近裂隙压应力越明显，反之拉应力明显。 En savoir plus

Mass transport modelling through porous media is typically characterized by complex physics and geometry. In the particular case of radionuclide transport, modelling for radioactive waste repositories, an additional level of complexity, and thus uncertainty, originates from the long time ... En savoir plus

The IR CO2 laser powered chemical conversions in the gas phase are intriguing and the researchers’ attention was focused on this transformation a while ago. The method, known as Infrared Laser Powered Homogeneous Pyrolysis, or IR LPHP opened reaction pathways not reached by conventional ... En savoir plus

The groundwater flow is accompanied by the electric field with potential called usually the streaming potential or the Self-Potential (SP) to be measured on the ground surface (e.g., Rizzo et al., 2004; Bolève et al., 2007; Jardani et al., 2009). We studied numerically the SP signals ... En savoir plus

冻融循环引起的破坏是季节冻土区渠道的主要病害，其发生与温度梯度和水分迁移有密切的联系。为了研究冻融循环作用下土体温度变化与水分分布，多场耦合理论应运而生。但目前存在的多场耦合模型大多采用了过多的参数，其中的一些参数甚至难以确定。因此本文基于Harlan流体动力学模型，以温度和孔隙率为变量建立了一个实用的多场耦合控制方程，然后采用COMSOL Multiphysics中的数学模块中的系数型偏微分方程（PDE）对土体温度场和水分场进行模拟，并与室内水分迁移试验进行对比，证明了该耦合模型的有效性。最后以北部引嫩工程渠道为例，建立模型试验，所得试验结果与模拟结果也是十分接近。 En savoir plus

Anticipation of meteorological events such as ice forming is a key challenge to optimise the use of antifreeze on airport runways. To obtain a predictive numerical tool of ice forming on the runways, Groupe ADP and SIMTEC developed a COMSOL Multiphysics® model, in which several physical ... En savoir plus