Quasi-Static and Dynamic Behavior of Saturated Porous Media with Incompressible Constituents

In this paper the field equations governing the dynamic response of a fluid-saturated elastic porous medium are analyzed and built up for the study of quasi-static and dynamical problems like the consolidation problem and wave propagation. The two constituents are assumed to be incompressible. A numerical solution is derived by means of the standard Galerkin procedure and the finite element method.     

Oscillation sources and wave propagation paths in complex networks consisting of excitable nodes

Self-sustained oscillations in complex networks consisting of nonoscillatory nodes have attracted long-standing interest in diverse natural and social systems. We study the self-sustained periodic oscillations in random networks consisting of excitable nodes. We reveal the underlying dynamic structure by applying a dominant phase-advanced driving method. The oscillation sources and wave propagation paths can be illustrated clearly via the dynamic structure revealed. Then we are able to control the oscillations with surprisingly high efficiency based on our understanding.     

Propagation of plane P-waves at interface between elastic solid and unsaturated poroelastic medium

A linear viscoporoelastic model is developed to describe the problem of reflection and transmission of an obliquely incident plane P-wave at the interface between an elastic solid and an unsaturated poroelastic medium, in which the solid matrix is filled with two weakly coupled fluids (liquid and gas). The expressions for the amplitude reflection coefficients and the amplitude transmission coefficients are derived by using the potential method. The present derivation is subsequently applied to study the energy conversions among the incident, reflected, and transmitted wave modes. It is found that the reflection and transmission coefficients in the forms of amplitude ratios and energy ratios are functions of the incident angle, the liquid saturation, the frequency of the incident wave, and the elastic constants of the upper and lower media. Numerical results are presented graphically. The effects of the incident angle, the frequency, and the liquid saturation on the amplitude and the energy reflection and transmission coefficients are discussed. It is verified that in the transmission process, there is no energy dissipation at the interface.