Modelling double diffusion in soils and materials

Abstract

The double diffusivity model proposed earlier by Aifantis and co-workers was applied in this work for modelling the diffusion of metals in sandy aquifers, as well as chloride diffusion in concrete specimens. The theoretical predictions are in very good agreement with the measured concentrations in all cases, showing that the model is capable of dealing with a large variety of double diffusivity problems.

Keywords

• diffusion in concrete
• double diffusivity
• metal transport