1. Preface on Physicochemical and Electromechanical Interactions in Porous Media

   • Jacques M. Huyghe
   • Stephen C. Cowin

   Introduction Pages: 1 - 3

2. The Role of Osmotic Pressure and Tension-Compression Nonlinearity in the Frictional Response of Articular Cartilage

   • Gerard A. Ateshian
   • Michael A. Soltz
   • W. Michael Lai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 33

3. A Recasting of Anisotropic Poroelasticity in Matrices of Tensor Components

   • Stephen C. Cowin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 56

4. Dependence of Cartilage Matrix Composition on Biosynthesis, Diffusion, and Reaction

   • Michael A. DiMicco
   • Robert L. Sah

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 73

5. Macroscopic and Micromechanical Approaches to the Modelling of the Osmotic Swelling in Clays

   • Luc Dormieux
   • Eric Lemarchand
   • Olivier Coussy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 91

6. Triphasic FE Modeling of the Skin Water Barrier

   • P. M. van Kemenade
   • J. M. Huyghe
   • L. F. A. Douven

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 109

7. Analytical Solution of Compression, Free Swelling and Electrical Loading of Saturated Charged Porous Media

   • J. van Meerveld
   • M. M. Molenaar
   • F. P. T. Baaijens

   OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 126

8. Macroscopic Behavior of Swelling Porous Media Derived from Micromechanical Analysis

   • Christian Moyne
   • Márcio Murad

   OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 151

9. Dynamic Electrical-Mechanical Energy Coupling in Electrolyte-Mineral Systems

   • J. Carlos Santamarina
   • Dante O. Fratta

   OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 178

10. Transition to Chaos and Flow Dynamics of Thermochemical Porous Medium Convection

    • Stan Schoofs
    • Frank J. Spera

    OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 195