Exact results are derived relating the various bulk moduli (frame, unjacketed, and pore) and heat capacity of inhomogeneous fluid‐saturated porous media to the pertinent thermal expansion coefficients and component moduli when only two porous solid constituents are present. The porous solids need not be space filling or in perfect welded contact, so these results apply to materials containing some voids or cracks interspersed between the two constituents in addition to the interior voids associated with their pores. The key ratio of fluid pressure to temperature change producing uniform expansion or contraction is shown to be independent of porosity.
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