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perm-const-iso

Module: biphasic

Category: materialprop

Type string: "perm-const-iso"

Parameters

Name Description Default Units
perm perm 1 [L^4/F.t]

Description

The material type for constant isotropic permeability is \perm-const-iso.

This isotropic material model uses the biphasic theory for describing the time-dependent material behavior of materials that consist of both a solid and fluid phase 1.

When the permeability is isotropic,

\[ \mathbf{k}=k\,\mathbf{I} \]

For this material model, \(k\) is constant. Generally, this assumption is only reasonable when strains are small.

Example:

<permeability name="Permeability" type="perm-const-iso">
  <perm>0.001</perm>
</permeability>

  1. Mow, V.C., Kuei, S.C., Lai, W.M., and Armstrong, C.G., "Biphasic creep and stress relaxation of articular cartilage in compression: Theory and experiments", J. Biomech. Eng. 102 (1980), pp. 73-84.