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[Christian Jakob <jakob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi (Bruno),

> > What is the cumulated stiffness of both phases? kn + k_fluid?
>
> The stiffness should reflect the stress-strain relation in uniaxial
> undrained deformation.
> Should be Young+k_fluid/porosity I think, but it is not required to be
> absolutely exact (e.g. assuming porosity=0.3 is good enough).

Sorry, but I still do not get it. What do you mean by Young + k_fluid/poro?
Do you mean Young modulus of the sample (including porosity)? But then  
we will get a stiffness in N/m^2. TSC needs a stiffness in N/m for  
calculation of translation.

> > > If so, TSC could automatically search a PFV engine in O.engines, and if
> > > found it would use pfv.bulkModulus to update the stiffness.

I found a way how to do this. Thanks for the hint.


Regards,

Christian