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A Macro-microscopic Coupled Constitutive Model for Fluid-Saturated Porous Media with Compressible Constituents

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The paper provides a macro-microscopic coupled constitutive model for fluid-saturated porous media with respect to the compressibility of the solid skeleton, the real solid material and the fluid phase. The derivation of the model is carried out based on the porous media theory and is consistent with the second law of thermodynamics. In the present paper, two different sets of independent variables are introduced to implement the coupled behavior between the compressibility of the solid skeleton and the real solid material. Altogether the proposed model exploits five independent variables, i.e., the deviatoric part of the right Cauchy–Green deformation tensor, the partial density of solid phase, the density of the real solid material, the density of the real fluid material and the relative velocity of the fluid phase. Subsequently, the linearized version of the proposed constitutive model is also presented and compared with some models by other authors. It is found that Biot’s model can also be derived based on the linearized version of the proposed model, which indicates that the present work bridges the gap between the porous media theory and Biot’s model. Compared with Biot’s model, the present model can provide the evolution of the porosity by considering the volumetric strain of the solid skeleton and the volumetric strain of the real solid material.

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  • A macro-microscopic coupled constitutive model for fluid-saturated porous media with compressible constituents is proposed based on porous media theory;

  • The coupled behavior between the compressibility of the solid skeleton and the real solid material is taken into account by using two different sets of independent variables;

  • The linearized version of the proposed constitutive model is presented;

  • Biot’s model can be derived based on the linearized version of the proposed model, which indicates that the gap between the porous media theory and Biot’s model is bridged.

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    Jia-Yu Liang & Yue-Ming Li

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    Jia-Yu Liang & Yue-Ming Li

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    Jia-Yu Liang & Erich Bauer

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Liang, JY., Li, YM. & Bauer, E. A Macro-microscopic Coupled Constitutive Model for Fluid-Saturated Porous Media with Compressible Constituents. Transp Porous Med 141, 379–416 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-021-01725-9

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