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Undrained test, long time

The long-time undrained test for a double-porosity system should also produce the same physical results as a single-porosity system (assuming only that it makes sense at some appropriate larger scale to view the medium as homogeneous). The conditions for this test are that
   \begin{eqnarray}
\delta p_f^{(1)} = \delta p_f^{(2)} = \delta p_f, \nonumber \
\delta\zeta\equiv \delta\zeta^{(1)} + \delta\zeta^{(2)} = 0,
 \end{eqnarray}
from which follow
   \begin{eqnarray}
\delta e = - a_{11}\delta p_c - (a_{12}+a_{13})\delta p_f, \qqu...
 ... -(a_{21}+a_{31})\delta p_c - (a_{22}+2a_{23}+a_{33})\delta p_f.
 \end{eqnarray}
These require that the overall pore-pressure buildup coefficient be given by  
 \begin{displaymath}
B \equiv \left. {{\partial p_f}\over{\partial p_c}}\right \v...
 ...a\zeta= 0}
= - {{a_{21}+a_{31}}\over{a_{22}+2a_{23}+a_{33}}},
 \end{displaymath} (20)
and that the undrained bulk modulus be given by  
 \begin{displaymath}
{{1}\over{K_u}} \equiv \left. {{\delta e}\over{\delta p_c}}\right \vert _{\delta\zeta= 0}
= a_{11} + (a_{12}+a_{13})B.
 \end{displaymath} (21)


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6/8/2002