On the stresses produced in a liquid-saturated porous solid by normal and tangential forces on a moving strip of finite width

Summary This paper deals with the stresses produced in a semi-infinite liquid-saturated porous solid of the type considered byBiot 1]²), by moving normal and tangential forces acting simultaneously on a moving strip of finite width on the free surface. It has been found that the stresses can be obtained in a closed form. It has also been found that if the velocity of the strip exceeds a certain value, the nature of the stresses changes, and there are discontinuities of stress along certain lines. The results have been applied to study the changes in the stresses produced by moving normal and tangential forces with depth and distance.