On the causes of pressure oscillations in low-permeable and low-compressible porous media

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1507-1522

  Haga, Joachim Berdal ^a,b   Osnes, Harald ^a,b   Langtangen, Hans Petter ^a,b  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biot's consolidation; Elastic locking; Finite elements; Low permeable media; Pressure oscillations

Indexed keywords

BIOT'S CONSOLIDATION; ELASTIC LOCKING; FINITE ELEMENT; LOW-PERMEABLE MEDIA; PRESSURE OSCILLATION;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; NUMBER THEORY;

POROUS MATERIALS;

BIOT THEORY; COMPRESSIBILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PERMEABILITY; POROELASTICITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 84865118339     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.1062     Document Type: Article

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