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An analytical method was derived for the thermal consolidation of layered, saturated porous half-space to variable thermal loading with time. In the coupled governing equations of linear thermoelastic media, the influences of thermo-osmosis effect and thermal filtration effect were introduced. Solutions in Laplace transform space were first obtained and then numerically inverted. The responses of a double-layered porous space subjected to exponential decaying thermal loading were studied. The influences of the differences between the properties of the two layers (e.g., the coefficient of thermal consolidation, elastic modulus) on thermal consolidation were discussed. The studies show that the coupling effects of displacement and stress fields on temperature field can be completely neglected, however, the thermo-osmosis effect has an obvious influence on thermal responses.
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Communicated by CHEN Zheng-han
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.50578008)
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Bai, B. Thermal consolidation of layered porous half-space to variable thermal loading. Appl Math Mech 27, 1531–1539 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-006-1111-1
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