A general theory of thermoporoelastoplasticity for saturated porous materials

A general theory of thermoporoelastoplasticity for saturated porous materials is presented. The theory is derived from the thermodynamics of open systems and irreversible processes. The thermal effects, due to the saturating fluid, are taken into account through a latent heat associated with the increase of fluid mass content. The theory does not assume incompressibility nor infinitesimal displacements for the saturating fluid. To take into account the plastic compressibility of the skeleton, the notion of plastic porosity is introduced. This plastic porosity is different from the overall plastic dilatation. The usual isothermal phenomenological theories appear to be particular cases of the proposed general theory.