Mechanics of Poroelastic Media

Section 1 — Poroelasticity: Constitutive Models and Analytical Aspects.- Moving and Stationary Dislocations in Poroelastic Solids and Applications to Aseismic Slip in the Earth’s Crust.- Theoretical Aspects of Fracture in Porous Elastic Media.- On Theories of Mixtures and Their Applications to Dynamics of Fluid Saturated Porous Media.- Filtration of Bubbly Fluids.- Section 2 — Poroelasticity: Numerical Modelling Aspects.- On Singular Integral Equations of Poroelasticity.- Microstructure-Based Finite Element Analysis of Heterogeneous Media.- Boundary Element Approach to Coupled Poroelastodynamic Problems.- Numerical Modelling of Saturated Porous Media Subjected to Dynamic Loading.- Section 3 — Poroelasticity: Applications in Geomechanics.- Modelling of Thermal Consolidation of Sparsely Fractured Rock in the Context of Nuclear Waste Management.- Excavation and Construction Problems Involving Porous Media.- The Effect of a Time-Dependent Load on a Poroelastic Seabed Over a Region with Moving Boundaries.- Poroelastic Response Resulting From Magma Intrusion.- Axisymmetric Indentation of a Multilayered Poroelastic Solid.- Section 4 — Poroelasticity: Applications in Biomechanics.- Porohyperelastic Theory and Finite Element Models for Soft Tissues with Application to Arterial Mechanics.- Prediction of Frequency and Pore Size Dependent Attenuation of Ultrasound in Trabecular Bone Using Biot’s Theory.- Load Carrying Capacity of the Pore Pressure in a Poroelastic Beam Subject to Oscillatory Excitation.- Predictions of the Swelling-Induced Pre-Stress in Articular Cartilage.- Section 5 — Poroelasticity: Dynamics.- Poroelastic Plate and Shell Theories.- Harmonic Dynamics of Poroelastic Plates with One or Two Degrees of Porosity.- Dynamics of a Rigid Strip Bonded to aMultilayered Poroelastic Medium.- Analyses of Waves in 3-D Poroelastic Media.- Author Index.