ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book presents the governing equation for heat transport in rocks and their finite element formulation. It describes a theoretical formulation based on the mixture theory for the thermo-hydro-diffusion phenomena. The book presents the formulation of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of rock masses and its finite element representation by using the mixture theory. Two different examples of applications of the theory and its numerical representation of the coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical phenomenon are given. The topics involved are time-dependent behaviour of rocks, water diffusion and seepage through rocks, hydro-mechanical, thermo-mechanical, thermo-hydro-diffusion and thermo-hydro-mechanical phenomena of rocks and their applications. The fundamental procedure to explain each topic generally followed the order of theoretical formulation, experiments and practical applications.
