Cavitation modelling in saturated geomaterials with application to dynamic strain localization

D. Gawin, L. Sanavia, B. A. Schrefler

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Abstract

A model to simulate cavitation phenomena in the pores of saturated porous media is developed. Such phenomena appear in connection with pore water traction, which may be observed during strain localization in dense sand samples or in dynamic fluid-structure interaction problems where the structure is made of geomaterials. The model makes use of an isothermal two-phase flow approach. Numerical examples relating to strain localization are shown.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)109-125
Number of pages17
JournalInternational Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
Volume27
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998

Keywords

  • Cavitation
  • Finite element method
  • Multiphase porous material
  • Strain localization
  • Vapour pressure
  • Water pressure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics

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