Lectures 01

MECHANICS OF SATURATED AND PARTIALLY
SATURATED POROUS MEDIA AND APPLICATIONS
TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

Dynamic Behaviour of Saturated-Unsaturated Porous Media

Biot's theory

Kinematic equations

Summary of governing equations 1

Summary of governing equations 2

Boundary conditions

Initial conditions

Partially saturated dynamic u-p formulation 1

Partially saturated dynamic u-p formulation 2

Fully saturated dynamic u-p formulation 1

Fully saturated dynamic u-p formulation 2

Partially saturated consolidation form 1

Partially saturated consolidation form 2

Fully saturated consolidation form

Partially saturated dynamic undrained form 1

Partially saturated dynamic undrained form 2

Fully saturated dynamic undrained form

Partially saturated dynamic drained form

Fully saturated static drained form

Finite element discretisation 1

Finite element discretisation 2

Finite element discretisation 3