diff --git a/web/content/docs/benchmarks/thermo-richards-mechanics/DECOVALEX2023-TaskC.md b/web/content/docs/benchmarks/thermo-richards-mechanics/DECOVALEX2023-TaskC.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bd9a0010784b079292441f59cb8965b44047b0ed --- /dev/null +++ b/web/content/docs/benchmarks/thermo-richards-mechanics/DECOVALEX2023-TaskC.md @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ ++++ +project = "ThermoRichardsMechanics/TaskCDECOVALEX2023/Decovalex-0.prj" + +title = "A test based on DECOVALEX2023 Task C for water vapour diffusion model for non-isothermal Richards flow" +date = "2022-02-07T13:19:49+01:00" +author = "Wenqing Wang and Sonja Kaiser" + +weight = 70 + +[menu] + [menu.benchmarks] + parent = "thermo-richards-mechanics" + ++++ + +{{< data-link >}} + +This test is prepared exactly according to the specifications of Step 0c of + [Task C of + the DECOVALEX 2023 project](https://decovalex.org/D-2023/task-c.html), + which is aimed to simulate the coupled THM processes + in the full-scale emplacement experiment (FE experiment) at the Mont Terri + Underground Rock Laboratory [[1]](#1). + +The description of the Step 0c can be found in the task specifications. + +Running the entire test takes long time (three hours on a PC with i7-8565U CPU). + As a test for code, it is limited to run only 20 steps. + +The test is used to mainly verify the implementation of water vapour diffusion model, + heat latency model, and equation wise residuum compensation with non equilibrium + initial state, and etc. + + The results obtained are comparable with that obtained by other teams in + Task C. The following figure shows the distribution of temperature in the domain, + water saturation in the vicinity of the heater, and displacement magnitude + in the domain after nearly 3 years' heating: +{{< img src="../decovalex_2023_c.png" >}} + +The following two figures show the temporal variations of temperature and water + saturation, respectively, at a node near the heater: + +<img src="../decovalex_2023_c_T_t.png" alt="drawing" width="450"/> +<img src="../decovalex_2023_c_S_t.png" alt="drawing" width="450"/> + +As shown the water saturation variation curve, the de-saturation - + re-saturation process is well captured by the numerical simulation. + +## References +<a id="1">[1]</a> +Müller, H.R., Garitte, B., Vogt, T. et al. Implementation of the full-scale + emplacement (FE) experiment at the Mont Terri rock laboratory. + Swiss J Geosci 110, 287–306 (2017). DOI: +[10.1007/s00015-016-0251-2](https://sjg.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s00015-016-0251-2) diff --git a/web/content/docs/benchmarks/thermo-richards-mechanics/decovalex_2023_c.png b/web/content/docs/benchmarks/thermo-richards-mechanics/decovalex_2023_c.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d87a8c8c9bb729a29ee0a4c3c8dee8c4df9cb1a8 Binary files /dev/null and b/web/content/docs/benchmarks/thermo-richards-mechanics/decovalex_2023_c.png differ diff --git a/web/content/docs/benchmarks/thermo-richards-mechanics/decovalex_2023_c_S_t.png b/web/content/docs/benchmarks/thermo-richards-mechanics/decovalex_2023_c_S_t.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..01c12cb8946e07be587801db212323c4bae999f7 Binary files /dev/null and b/web/content/docs/benchmarks/thermo-richards-mechanics/decovalex_2023_c_S_t.png differ diff --git a/web/content/docs/benchmarks/thermo-richards-mechanics/decovalex_2023_c_T_t.png b/web/content/docs/benchmarks/thermo-richards-mechanics/decovalex_2023_c_T_t.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5a80ee143b1960cabcf7ec61fde6290b59685233 Binary files /dev/null and b/web/content/docs/benchmarks/thermo-richards-mechanics/decovalex_2023_c_T_t.png differ