All global models have dimensions 3.0 × 5.0 in the – or – plane. Each submodel has dimensions 2.05 × 3.45 in the – or – plane and occupies the lower right-hand corner of the corresponding global model. In all but the axisymmetric models, the out-of-plane dimension is 1.0. In axisymmetric models the structure analyzed is a hollow cylinder with outer radius 5.0.

Loading:

In all models, a distributed flow of magnitude 0.002 is applied to the right face, where the sink pore pressure is 14.7.

Boundary and initial conditions:

In the global model, fixed boundary conditions = 0 and = 0 are prescribed on the left and bottom faces, respectively. In three-dimensional models the additional constraints = 0 are applied to the nodes on the front and back faces. The initial void ratio is unity everywhere and fixed pore pressure boundary conditions are applied on the left face. In the submodel, = 0 is prescribed everywhere on the bottom face, while degrees of freedom 1, 2 and 8 for the nodes on the top and left faces are being driven by the global solution.