Deformable porous media with degenerate hysteresis in gravity field

Hysteresis in the pressure-saturation relation in unsaturated porous media, which is due to surface tension on the liquid-gas interface, exhibits strong degeneracy in the resulting mass balance equation. Solutions to such degenerate equations have been recently constructed by the method of convexifi...

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Main Authors: Chiara Gavioli, Pavel Krejčí
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Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2025-02-01
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Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mine.2025003
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description Hysteresis in the pressure-saturation relation in unsaturated porous media, which is due to surface tension on the liquid-gas interface, exhibits strong degeneracy in the resulting mass balance equation. Solutions to such degenerate equations have been recently constructed by the method of convexification even if the permeability coefficient depends on the hysteretic saturation. The model is extended here to the case that the solid matrix material is viscoelastic and that the system is coupled with a gravity-driven moisture flux. The existence of a solution is proved by compact anisotropic embedding involving Orlicz spaces with respect to the time variable.
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spelling doaj-art-3926cc5337ee421097aab09d56dac79f2025-08-20T01:57:05ZengAIMS PressMathematics in Engineering2640-35012025-02-0171356010.3934/mine.2025003Deformable porous media with degenerate hysteresis in gravity fieldChiara Gavioli0Pavel Krejčí1Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University, Thákurova 7, CZ-16629 Praha 6, Czech RepublicFaculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University, Thákurova 7, CZ-16629 Praha 6, Czech RepublicHysteresis in the pressure-saturation relation in unsaturated porous media, which is due to surface tension on the liquid-gas interface, exhibits strong degeneracy in the resulting mass balance equation. Solutions to such degenerate equations have been recently constructed by the method of convexification even if the permeability coefficient depends on the hysteretic saturation. The model is extended here to the case that the solid matrix material is viscoelastic and that the system is coupled with a gravity-driven moisture flux. The existence of a solution is proved by compact anisotropic embedding involving Orlicz spaces with respect to the time variable.https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mine.2025003hysteresisdegenerate equationporous mediaviscoelasticitygravity effects
spellingShingle Chiara Gavioli
Pavel Krejčí
Deformable porous media with degenerate hysteresis in gravity field
Mathematics in Engineering
hysteresis
degenerate equation
porous media
viscoelasticity
gravity effects
title Deformable porous media with degenerate hysteresis in gravity field
title_full Deformable porous media with degenerate hysteresis in gravity field
title_fullStr Deformable porous media with degenerate hysteresis in gravity field
title_full_unstemmed Deformable porous media with degenerate hysteresis in gravity field
title_short Deformable porous media with degenerate hysteresis in gravity field
title_sort deformable porous media with degenerate hysteresis in gravity field
topic hysteresis
degenerate equation
porous media
viscoelasticity
gravity effects
url https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mine.2025003
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