Abstract
A theory is developed for the propagation of stress waves in a porous elastic solid containing compressible viscous fluid. The emphasis of the present treatment is on materials where fluid and solid are of comparable densities as for instance in the case of water-saturated rock. The paper denoted here as Part I is restricted to the lower frequency range where the assumption of Poiseuille flow is valid. The extension to the higher frequencies will be treated in Part II. It is found that the material may be described by four nondimensional parameters and a characteristic frequency. There are two dilatational waves and one rotational wave. The physical interpretation of the result is clarified by treating first the case where the fluid is frictionless. The case of a material containing viscous fluid is then developed and discussed numerically. Phase velocity dispersion curves and attenuation coefficients for the three types of waves are plotted as a function of the frequency for various combinations of the characteristic parameters.
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Hagen–Poiseuille equationMechanicsAttenuationCompressibilityViscous liquidDispersion (optics)Wave propagationPhase velocityPhysicsRange (aeronautics)Phase (matter)Porous mediumMaterials sciencePorosityFlow (mathematics)Classical mechanicsOpticsComposite material
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- 28
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- 2
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- 168-178
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M. A. Biot
(1956).
Theory of Propagation of Elastic Waves in a Fluid-Saturated Porous Solid. I. Low-Frequency Range.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
, 28
(2)
, 168-178.
https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1908239
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- 10.1121/1.1908239