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In this paper, we examine heuristically the reasons for locking in poroelasticity. As a first step, we first reexamine the problem of locking in linear elasticity. From this, we discover how the problem arises in the poroelasticity setting and how the problem might be overcome.
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Phillips, P.J., Wheeler, M.F. Overcoming the problem of locking in linear elasticity and poroelasticity: an heuristic approach. Comput Geosci 13, 5–12 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10596-008-9114-x
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