TITLE:
A Note on the Effect of Negative Poisson’s Ratio on the Deformation of a Poroelastic Half-Space by Surface Loads
AUTHORS:
Sunita Rani, Raman Kumar, Sarva Jit Singh
KEYWORDS:
Anisotropic Permeability, Auxetic Material, Negative Poisson’s Ratio, Poroelastic Half-Space, Quasi-Static Deformation, Surface Loading
JOURNAL NAME:
Engineering,
Vol.2 No.6,
July
1,
2010
ABSTRACT: The aim of this note is to study the effect of negative Poisson’s ratio on the quasi-static deformation of a poroelastic half-space with anisotropic permeability and compressible fluid and solid constituents by surface loads. Two particular cases considered are: two-dimensional normal strip loading and axisymmetric normal disc loading. It is found that a negative Poisson’s ratio makes the Mandel-Cryer effect more prominent. It also results in an increase in the magnitude of the surface settlement.