Abstract
AbstractCapillarity is a well known phenomenon in physics and engineering. The term denotes the transport of liquids and gas, against the force of gravity in narrow tubes, cracks and pores, caused by the intermolecular forces of cohesion and adhesion of the constituents involved. We will exclusively investigate the rise of liquids in porous bodies due to the capillarity phenomenon. Well‐known examples are the capillary rise in drying processes in soils with small pores and the moisture motion in walls consisting of bricks or concrete. The treatment of the capillary problem, based on thermomechanical investigations, yields the result that the capillarity force is a volume interaction force and depends on the free Helmholz energy functions of the solid phases and the density gradient of the liquid. The aim of this investigation is the numerical simulation of the behavior of liquid and gas phases in a rigid porous body at rest. An example will demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed theory.
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