A New Multiphysics Finite Element Method for a Biot Model with Secondary Consolidation

A New Multiphysics Finite Element Method for a Biot Model with Secondary Consolidation

Year:    2024

Author:    Zhihao Ge, Wenlong He

CSIAM Transactions on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 5 (2024), Iss. 3 : pp. 515–550

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new multiphysics finite element method for a Biot model with secondary consolidation in soil dynamics. To better describe the multiphysical processes underlying in the original model and propose stable numerical methods to overcome “locking phenomenon” of pressure and displacement, we reformulate the swelling clay model with secondary consolidation by a new multiphysics approach, which transforms the fluid-solid coupling problem to a fluid coupled problem. Then, we give the energy law and prior error estimate of the weak solution. Also, we design a fully discrete time-stepping scheme to use multiphysics finite element method with $P_2−P_1−P_1$ element pairs for the space variables and backward Euler method for the time variable, and we derive the discrete energy laws and the optimal convergence order error estimates. Also, we show some numerical examples to verify the theoretical results and there is no “locking phenomenon”. Finally, we draw conclusions to summarize the main results of this paper.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/csiam-am.SO-2023-0011

CSIAM Transactions on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 5 (2024), Iss. 3 : pp. 515–550

Published online:    2024-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    36

Keywords:    Biot model multiphysics finite element method optimal convergence order secondary consolidation.

Author Details

Zhihao Ge

Wenlong He

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