Research Article

Finite Element Analysis of Biot’s Consolidation with a Coupled Nonlinear Flow Model

Table 6

The largest difference of consolidation results for different calculation conditions.

ConditionsC1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8C9

(%)0.02.056.9514.587.0813.509.6413.7922.16

: the largest difference between the FE results for nonlinear flow under different conditions with linear flow model.