Chemo-Mechanical Couplings in Porous Media Geomechanics and Biomechanics

Influence of pore fluid composition on volume change. Behaviour of clays exposed to the same fluid as the pore fluid (C. Di Maio).-Consolidation, swelling and swelling pressure induced by exposure of clays soils to fluids different from the pore fluid (C. Di Maio).-Shear strength of clays and clayey soils: the influence of pore fluid composition (C. Di Maio).-Swelling media: concepts and applications (J. M. Huyghe, P. H. M. Bovendeerd).-Chemo-mechanical interactions in geological and biological materials: examples (B. Loret, A. Gajo, F. M. Simões).-Multi-phase multi-species mixtures (B. Loret, A. Gajo).-Constitutive equations for homoionic clays (B. Loret, A. Gajo).-Constitutive equations for homoionic clays (B. Loret, A. Gajo).-Mass transfer through membranes and generalized diffusion (A. Gajo, B. Loret).-Finite element formulation, and simulations of laboratory tests (A. Gajo, B. Loret).-Swelling shales and compacting cakes (J. D. Sherwood).-Molecular modelling of pore fluids in clays (N. Skipper).-Polyelectrolyte gels: basics, modelling and simulation (Th. Wallmersperger, B. Kröplin, R. W. Gülch).