The multi-field coupled heat-moisture-salt behavior of unsaturated soils under steady state is investigated using porous media theory. It considers that the pores are filled with liquid water
dissolved salts
water vapor
and dry gas. The mass conservation equations of moisture
gas
and salinity in unsaturated soils and the energy conservation equations are presented. Considering one-dimensional steady-state problems
the state equations are obtained by using the temperature
pore pressure
pore water pressure and salt solution concentration and their first-order derivatives as the state variables. Under given boundary conditions
the coupled nonlinear differential equations for the varying coefficients are solved by shooting method. The validity of the model is verified by comparing with the existing experimental results. Based on numerical examples
the influence of moisture content
temperature boundary and porosity on the distribution of temperature field
water field and salt field in unsaturated soils was discussed in detail.