Solution of a Green’s function for a saturated porous medium in a half-space subjected to a torsional force

Based on the solutions of the Green’s function for a saturated porous medium obtained by the authors, and using transformation of axisymmetric coordinates, Sommerfeld integrals and superposition of the influence field on a free surface, the authors have obtained displacement solutions of a saturated porous medium subjected to a torsional force in a half-space. The relationship curves of the displacement solutions and various parameters (permeability, frequency, etc. ) under action of a unit of torque are also given in this paper. The results are consistent with previous Reissner’s solutions, where a two-phase medium decays to a single-phase medium. The solution is useful in solving relevant dynamic problems of a two-phase saturated medium in engineering.