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Journal of Porous Media

ISSN for PRINT: 1091-028X

Institutional price:	$713.00
Issues per year:	8

Best Paper Award Selection - Editorial Board Site

2006, Volume9

124 pages

Issue price - $155.00

Dependence of Elastic Properties of Materials on Their Porosity: Review of Models

Mariusz Kaczmarek
Institute of Environmental Mechanics and Applied Computer Science, Bydgoszcz University, Chodkiewicza 30, 85-064 Bydgoszcz, Poland

Marc Goueygou
Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (UMR CNRS 8520), Ecole Centrale de Lille, BP 48, 59651 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France

ABSTRACT

The paper presents a review of models relating elastic moduli of porous materials with porosity. Dry isotropic porous materials with a homogeneous and continuous solid matrix are considered, excluding granular and fractured materials. The models are grouped into six classes, taking into account methodological differences adopted for their derivation. Quantitative predictions for most of the models are compared within specified groups and then a few representatives of the groups of models are analyzed for two different ranges of porosity. A short discussion of their applicability and limitations is included.