DYNAMICS OF SATURATED ROCKS. I: EQUATIONS OF MOTION

This paper describes the development of the governing equations of motion of fully saturated fissured poroelastic rocks. The work is the first part of an extsensive theoretical investigation on the dynamic behavior of fluid-saturated, fissured, poroelastic rocks. In continuum mechanics framework, fully saturated rocks can be successfully modeled as fissured, poroelastic materials, i.e., materials exhibiting 2 degrees of porosity, one corresponding to the fissures and the other to the pores. Following the basic concepts of the theory of mixtures, the conservation of mass and momentum equations for the solid, fluid in fissures and fluid in pores consitituents of the mixture have been developed. The details of the study are described.

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• Authors:
  • Beskos, De
• Publication Date: 1989-5

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References;
• Pagination: p. 982-995
• Serial:
  • Journal of Engineering Mechanics
  • Volume: 115
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9399
  • EISSN: 1943-7889
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jenmdt

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cracking; Dynamics; Equations; Motion; Percent saturation; Pores (Geology); Porosity; Rocks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pores
• Old TRIS Terms: Saturated rocks
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00485127
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 30 1989 12:00AM