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EngineeringCivil EngineeringPetroleum EngineeringFluid DynamicsGeotechnical EngineeringSubsurface Fluid FlowFluid SaturationFluid-flow In Porous MediaPorous Media FlowSoil Pore StructureUnsaturated FlowConsolidation TheoryEquilibrium ConditionsGoverning Equations For Unsaturated MediaPorous MediaPorous Media ContinuityThree-dimensional ConsolidationThree-dimensional Unsaturated FlowUnsaturated Soil Consolidation
A three-dimensional, two-phase flow, consolidation theory is presented for unsaturated porous media. The continuity and equilibrium conditions are coupled in deriving the consolidation equations. Their application to a one-dimensional case is illustrated.