One-dimensional initial-boundary value problems

Abstract

We known from experiments that deformation of a body under drying is associated with a change of moisture content and temperature of the body. The motion of a saturated porous solid under drying, described by velocity v^s (see Section 3.1). is characterized by mutual interaction between deformation, moisture content and temperature fields. The domain of science dealing with the mutual interaction between these fields can be termed as thermoporoelasticity or thermoporoplasticity, depending on whether the strains due to thermal and/or moisture expansion of the material remain purely elastic and are of reversible nature or become permanent in the body or a part there of. The notion “thermoconsolidation of dried materials” also seems to be a proper term for this domain, as the wet material under drying consolidates itself due to shrinkage.