Theory of a Time Domain Boundary Element Development for the Dynamic Analysis of Coupled Multiphase Porous Media

Abstract

This paper presents an advanced formulation of the time-domain two-dimensional (2D) boundary element method (BEM) for an elastic, homogeneous unsaturated soil subjected to dynamic loadings. Unlike the usual time-domain BEM, the present formulation applies a convolution quadrature which requires only the Laplace-domain instead of the time-domain fundamental solutions. The coupled equations governing the dynamic behavior of unsaturated soils ignoring contributions of the inertia effects of the fluids (water and air) are derived based on the poromechanics theory within the framework of a suction-based mathematical model. In this formulation, the solid skeleton displacements ui, water pressure pw and air pressure pa are presumed to be independent variables. The fundamental solutions in Laplace transformed-domain for such a dynamic u−pw−pa theory have been obtained previously by authors. Then, the BE formulation in time is derived after regularization by partial integrations and time and spatial discretization...