On theoretical and numerical methods in the theory of porous media based on polar and non-polar elasto-plastic solid materials (Q1282749)

We consider granular elasto-plastic porous solid skeletons (frictional materials) where, regardless of whether or not the solid is fluid-saturated or empty, localization phenomena can occur as a result of local concentrations of plastic strains. It is shown that the inclusion of fluid viscosity in the saturated case and the inclusion of micropolar grain rotations both in the saturated and in the non-saturated case leads to a regularization of the shear band problem. On the other hand, the inclusion of micropolar degrees of freedom in the sense of the Cosserat brothers additionally allows for the determination of the local average grain rotations. The numerical examples are solved by use of finite element discretization techniques, where, in particular, the computation of shear band localization phenomena is carried out by the example of the well-known geotechnical slope failure problem and two additional academic problems, which clearly demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed procedure.