MECHANICS OF POROUS AND FRACTURED MEDIA

In a significantly revised English edition the text provides a solid course on mechanics of porous & fractured media (mainly of geomaterials). Part I focuses on the continuum theory of the dynamic fracture and deformation of bodies with complex rheology, including the dilatancy theory. Applications are connected with dynamics large scale processes, blast waves and with structure of the Earth's crust. Part II focuses on the effects of fluid saturation of pores and transfer phenomena. Applications are connected with seismic waves, oil and gascondensate recovery, explosion works, physico-chemical processes.

Contents:

Basic Concepts of Continuum Mechanics
Dilatancy of Geomaterials
Dynamics of Dilatiing and Brittle Materials
Mechanics of Saturated Elastic Media
Nonelasticity and Multiphase Saturation of Porous Media
Fluid and Gas Motion in Deformable Reservoirs
Physico-Chemical Underground Hydrodynamics

Readership: Researchers of mechanics, applied physicists and earth physicists.

“… two points stand out. Firstly, the book gives a comprehensive survey of the Russian literature and a large bibliography (330 references), which will undoubtedly prove useful. Secondly, there are many interesting comparisons between theory and experiment which will aid the reader in selecting the theoretical model appropriate to his/her need.”

Mathematical Reviews

492pp		Pub. date: Aug 1990
ISBN: 978-9971-5-0383-3 9971-5-0383-2		US$129 / £92

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