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Boundary conditions for porous solids saturated with viscous fluid

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  • Department of Mathematics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra 136119, Haryana, India

Received date: 2008-07-29

  Revised date: 2009-04-28

  Online published: 2009-07-01

Abstract

Boundary conditions are derived to represent the continuity requirements at the boundaries of a porous solid saturated with viscous fluid. They are derived from the physically grounded principles with a mathematical check on the conservation of energy. The poroelastic solid is a dissipative one for the presence of viscosity in the interstitial fluid. The dissipative stresses due to the viscosity of pore-fluid are well represented in the boundary conditions. The unequal particle motions of two constituents of porous aggregate at a boundary between two solids are explained in terms of the drainage of pore-fluid leading to imperfect bonding. A mathematical model is derived for the partial connection of surface pores at the porous-porous interface. At this interface, the loose-contact slipping and partial pore opening/connection may dissipate a part of strain energy. A numerical example shows that, at the interface between water and oil-saturated sandstone, the modified boundary conditions do affect the energies of the waves refracting into the isotropic porous medium.

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M.D.Sharma . Boundary conditions for porous solids saturated with viscous fluid[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2009 , 30(7) : 821 -832 . DOI: 10.1007/s10483-009-0702-6

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