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An elliptical disc anchor in a damage‐susceptible poroelastic medium
Author(s) -
Selvadurai A. P. S.,
Shirazi A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.421
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1097-0207
pISSN - 0029-5981
DOI - 10.1002/nme.1354
Subject(s) - poromechanics , biot number , consolidation (business) , elasticity (physics) , displacement (psychology) , porous medium , mechanics , plane (geometry) , structural engineering , materials science , geology , porosity , geometry , physics , mathematics , engineering , geotechnical engineering , composite material , psychology , accounting , business , psychotherapist
A flat rigid elliptical anchorage located in a damage‐susceptible fluid‐saturated poroelastic medium is subjected to an in‐plane load, which induces a pure translation in the plane of the anchor. This paper develops computational estimates for the time‐dependent displacement of the disc anchor for the classical problem that involves Biot consolidation and compares the results with situations where the porous skeleton can experience micro‐mechanical damage that leads to an alteration in both its elasticity and fluid transport characteristics. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.