Homogenised governing equations for pre-stressed poroelastic composites

Abstract

AbstractWe propose the governing equations for a pre-stressed poroelastic composite material. The structure that we investigate possesses a porous elastic matrix with embedded elastic subphases with an incompressible Newtonian fluid flowing in the pores. Both the matrix and individual subphases are assumed to be linear elastic and pre-stressed. We are able to apply the asymptotic homogenisation technique by exploiting the length-scale separation that exists between the porescale and the overall size of the material (the macroscale). We derive the novel macroscale model which describes a poroelastic composite material where the elastic phases possess a pre-stress. We extend the current literature for poroelastic composites by addressing the role of the pre-stresses in the functional form of the new system of derived partial differential equations and its coefficients. The latter are computed by solving appropriate periodic cell differential problems which encode the specific contribution related to the pre-stresses. The model in the first instance is derived in the most general scenario and then specified for a variety of particular cases which are associated with different macroscale behaviour of materials.