Title: 2014 Drucker Medal Paper: A Derivation of the Theory of Linear Poroelasticity From Chemoelasticity
Abstract:The purpose of this brief paper is to present a new derivation of Biot's theory of linear poroelasticity (Biot, M., 1935, “Le Probleḿe de la Consolidation des Matiéres Argileuses Sous une Charge,” An...The purpose of this brief paper is to present a new derivation of Biot's theory of linear poroelasticity (Biot, M., 1935, “Le Probleḿe de la Consolidation des Matiéres Argileuses Sous une Charge,” Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles,B55, pp. 110–113; Biot, M., 1941, “General Theory of Three-Dimensional Consolidation,” J. Appl. Phys., 12, pp. 155–164; and Biot, M., and Willis, D., 1957, “The Elastic Coefficients of the Theory of Consolidation,” J. Appl. Mech., 24, pp. 594–601) in a modern thermodynamically consistent fashion, and show that it may be deduced as a special case of a more general theory of chemoelasticity.Read More