Representative area element for double porosity materials with random microstructures

  • Thao Tran Thi Bich

    University of Transport and Communications, No 3 Cau Giay Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
Email: tbthao.tran@utc.edu.vn
Keywords: RVE, RAE, unit cell, effective permeability, double porosity, Monte-Carlo

Abstract

Porous materials constitute an important class of natural or artificial materials in many engineering branches and industrial sectors. In general, a porous multiphase medium can be considered as a heterogeneous material. Note that, the representative volume element (RVE) or representative area element (RAE) play an important role in the mechanics and physics of random heterogeneous materials with a view to predicting their effective properties. Therefore, the present work aims to apply the homogenization theory for determining the minimum size of the RAE for a two-dimensional (2D) porous materials consisting of an isotropic permeable solid matrix in which fluid-filled pores are embedded. To achieve the objective, the microstructure of the RAE is randomly generated first with identical elips. The Monte-Carlo method is proposed to determine the ensemble average of the effective permeability of the porous media for many independent realizations on each area size. The minimum size of the RAE will be derived from a required precision on the average value and variance of the effective permeability

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Received
15/10/2023
Revised
16/11/2023
Accepted
08/12/2023
Published
15/12/2023
Type
Research Article
How to Cite
Trần Thị Bích, T. (3200). Representative area element for double porosity materials with random microstructures . Transport and Communications Science Journal, 74(9), 1088-1099. https://doi.org/10.47869/tcsj.74.9.6
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