PROPAGATION OF WAVES IN A FLUID-SATURATED POROUS ELASTIC SOLID

A theory is developed for the propagation of waves in a porous elastic solid containing a compressible viscous fluid using a homogenization process. The matrix is a lattice of periodically distributed gaps of arbitrary shape, the period of the lattice being small compared with the wave length. The present treatment is concerned with materials where fluid and solid are of comparable densities. Two cases are considered: the situation in which the pores are connected and that in which they are not. When pores are closed, the bulk medium behaves like an elastic medium; when they are connected, the fluid filtration and the bulk deformation are coupled. Boundary conditions, for macroscopic variables, at the interface between such a porous medium and the adjacent free flow are given. © 1979.