Wave propagation in partially saturated porous continua is an interesting subject in Civil Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Bioengineering, Earthquake Engineering, and Geophysics, etc. For such problems, there exist different theories, e.g., an extension of Biot’s theory, the Theory of Porous Media and the Mixture theory. Based on the Mixture theory, a dynamic three–phase model for partially...

Analytical solutions are developed for the response of saturated porous media under twodimensional plane strain condition. Depending on the nature of loading vis-à-vis the characteristics of the media, different formulations (fully dynamic, partially dynamic, quasi-static) are possible. The solutions for these formulations are developed in terms of non-dimensional parameters. The regions of val...