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Fig. 19.8 Global strains and
volumetric variation versus
water content change during
desiccation. Vic-3D
calculation (Yang 2020)
any blockage (or they are negligible) of strain development. Notice that no initiation
of cracks was observed.
In this case of geometry chosen for the sample, if we assume ε xx = ε yy as shown
in Fig. 19.8, the coefficient of anisotropy defined by η = ε zz /ε xx depends on the
drying state of the material as we can observe in Fig. 19.9. The curve seems to
391
Fig. 19.8 Global strains and
volumetric variation versus
water content change during
desiccation. Vic-3D
calculation (Yang 2020)
any blockage (or they are negligible) of strain development. Notice that no initiation
of cracks was observed.
In this case of geometry chosen for the sample, if we assume ε xx = ε yy as shown
in Fig. 19.8, the coefficient of anisotropy defined by η = ε zz /ε xx depends on the
drying state of the material as we can observe in Fig. 19.9. The curve seems to