Solutions for Biot s Poroelastic Theory in Key Engineering Fields: Theory and Applications

Solutions for Biot's Poroelastic Theory in Key Engineering Fields: Theory and Applications provides solutions related to soil-structure interactions based on a poroelasticity theory, including moving loads such as trains. This book provides the commonly used methods for solving Biot’s formulations and conclusions on fully-saturated soil dynamics. It presents various solution methods used in Biot’s theory, such as the integral transformation method, the wave potential decomposition method, the finite element, and the 2.5D finite element method. It is suitable for graduate students, researchers and engineers who are interested in the soil-structure interaction problem with Biot’s theory, as well as engineers in several subdisciplines.

• Focuses on the structure-saturated soil interactions based on Biot’s theory
• Provides solutions (analytical and numerical) related to soil-structure interactions based on a poroelasticity theory, including moving loads such as trains
• Includes common and novel solution methods for Biot’s formulation

Cai Yuanqiang is a professor of Geotechnical engineering in Zhejiang University. He is also the president of Wenzhou University, as well as the vice chairman of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering (Geoenviornmental Engineering Branch). He is an editorial committee member of the Journal of Rock Engineering, Journal of Rock and Soil Engineering, Journal of Vibration Engineering, and Journal of Zhejiang University Science (A) (SCI). His academic interests include foundation engineering, foundation treatment and saturated-soil dynamics. He has published over 200 research papers in archival journals with 40 of them in internationally-renowned journals.

Dr. Sun graduated from Zhejiang University and got his Ph.D. degree in 2008. His research area focuses on the dynamic characteristics of saturated soft clay and saturated soil dynamics.