Poromechanics

Poromechanics is a way to understand how things move and change shape when water or other liquids flow through them.

Imagine you have a big sponge. When you squeeze the sponge, water comes out. This is because the water was stored in tiny spaces inside the sponge, called pores. When you squeeze the sponge, you are changing the shape of those pores and forcing the water to come out.

Now imagine that sponge is actually a rock or soil that is full of tiny pores. When water flows through those pores, it can change the shape of the rock or soil. This is called poromechanics.

Scientists use poromechanics to understand how things like oil and gas move through rocks deep in the Earth, how water moves through soil, and how blood flows through the tissues of our bodies. They can also use poromechanics to predict how things might change in the future, like how the ground might shift during an earthquake.

By studying poromechanics, we can better understand how fluids move and interact with the things around them, which can help us solve problems and make important discoveries.