应力腐蚀和压力溶解引起的裂隙开度-刚度变化对THMM耦合过程影响的数值模拟

在使用Yasuhara等建立的裂隙开度的应力腐蚀和压力溶解模型的基础上,考虑裂隙闭合量对裂隙刚度的影响,针对一个假设的位于非饱和双重孔隙-裂隙岩体中且有核素泄漏的高放废物地质处置模型,拟定两种计算工况：（1）裂隙的刚度系数是裂隙闭合量的线性函数;（2）裂隙刚度为常数,进行热-水-应力-迁移耦合的二维有限元数值模拟,考察了岩体中的温度、裂隙开度的闭合速率、闭合量、孔（裂）隙水压力、地下水流速、核素浓度、裂隙刚度和正应力的变化、分布等情况。结果表明,两种工况岩体中的温度场、孔（裂）隙水压力、地下水流速、核素浓度无明显差别;裂隙闭合基本由应力腐蚀产生;在相同计算时间内两种工况的裂隙闭合量较为接近,工况1略大;工况1中离玻璃固化体越近,裂隙刚度值越高,并且在玻璃固化体附近的应力值较大,且集中程度较高。     

热-水-应力耦合影响的有限元分析

为了考虑应力拉压和压力（化学）溶解对裂隙开度的综合影响,对所建立的双重孔隙-裂隙介质热-水-应力耦合模型中裂隙开度的计算模型作了改进。通过一个假定的高放废物地质处置库算例,就岩体裂隙开度变化的3种工况,分析了岩体中的温度、孔（裂）隙水压力、地下水流速和主应力的变化、分布情况。结果显示：3种工况的计算域中温度场基本相同;孔（裂）隙水渗流场形态相似,但其量值有一定差别;工况1的裂隙开度在应力和压力（化学）溶解的共同作用下闭合量最大,负孔（裂）隙水压力增值最高;核废物的释热效应明显地改变了岩体自重应力场的水平分量,但对其垂直分量影响较小。     

考虑饱和度修正的应力腐蚀和压力溶解作用热-水-应力耦合过程有限元分析

针对笔者开发的双重孔隙-裂隙介质热-水-应力（T-H-M）耦合二维有限元分析程序中使用的应力腐蚀和压力溶解模型,引入水饱和度修正因子。以一个假设的位于含水地层中的高放废物地质处置模型,拟定3种初始裂隙水饱和度的计算工况（Sw20=1.0、0.8、0.2）进行热-水-应力耦合的数值模拟,考察岩体中的温度、裂隙开度的闭合速率、闭合量、孔(裂)隙水压力、地下水流速和应力的变化、分布等情况。结果显示,随着初始裂隙水饱和度的由高值到低值,应力腐蚀和压力溶解产生的闭合速率从大变小,裂隙开度由初始值趋于残余值,粗糙面接触率由初始值趋于其名义接触率的时间也增加,裂纹应力强度因子的下降亦变慢;近场的裂（孔）隙水压力的变化、分布及其流速矢量场的形态有明显的不同;3种工况的岩体中的应力量值及分布的差别不大。     

裂隙刚度随应力变化对双重孔隙介质热-水-应力耦合影响的有限元分析

引入并修正了变刚度的连续屈服节理模型,同时考虑应力拉压和压力（化学）溶解对裂隙开度的综合影响,对所建立的双重孔隙-裂隙介质热-水-应力耦合有限元计算程序作了改进。通过一个假定的高放废物地质处置库的数值模拟,就岩体裂隙刚度变化的2种工况,分析了岩体中的温度、裂隙刚度、正应力、孔（裂）隙水压力和地下水流速的变化、分布情况。结果显示：与裂隙刚度是常数时相比,裂隙刚度是法向应力的函数时计算域中温度较低;岩体应力的大小也有一定不同,其分布与裂隙刚度“场”有明显的相似性;并且负孔（裂）隙水压力的绝对值要略小一点,约是常数时的98%。     

压力溶解对颗粒聚集岩体中热-水-应力耦合影响的数值模拟

在自主研制的孔隙介质热-水-应力耦合有限元程序中引入Taron等提出的颗粒聚集体的压力溶解模型,针对一个假设的实验室尺度且位于非饱和石英颗粒聚集岩体中的高放废物地质处置模型,拟定两种计算工况：（1）孔隙率和渗透系数是压力溶解的函数;（2）孔隙率和渗透系数均为常数,进行4 a处置时段的数值模拟,考察了岩体中的温度、颗粒界面水膜及孔隙中的溶质浓度、迁移和沉淀质量、孔隙率及渗透系数、孔隙水压力、地下水流速和应力的变化、分布情况。研究结果表明：工况1计算终了时,压力溶解使得孔隙率和渗透系数分别下降到初始值的43%～54%、4.4%～9.1%。在核废料释热温度场的作用下,工况1、2中的负孔隙水压力分别为初始值的1.00～1.25倍、1.00～1.10倍,前者表现了压力溶解的明显影响;两种工况的岩体中的应力量值及分布基本相同。     

裂隙贯通率对双重孔隙介质热-水-应力耦合现象影响的有限元分析

为探讨裂隙的贯通率对于耦合的温度场、渗流场和应力场的作用,应用所建立的遍有节理岩体双重孔隙-裂隙介质热-水-应力耦合模型,以一个假定的位于非饱和地层中的高放废物地质处置库为算例,针对裂隙和孔隙的贯通率不同的4种工况进行了二维有限元数值分析,考察了围岩中的温度、负的孔隙和裂隙水压力、地下水流速、孔隙及裂隙的渗透系数修正因子和应力的变化、分布情况。结果显示,由于裂隙贯通率的差异使得双重介质的刚度不同,引起岩体中应力状态及水平的改变,从而影响到孔隙、裂隙的孔隙率及渗透系数的量值,并导致孔隙水和裂隙水的压力大小、分布以及水流速度的变化     

裂隙剪胀效应对双重孔隙介质热-水-应力耦合现象影响的有限元分析

为了探讨在法向应力和剪应力的共同作用下裂隙开度的变化对于耦合的温度场、渗流场和应力场的作用,引入裂隙的渗透系数与开度关系的“立方定律”,建立了裂隙渗透系数演化式。应用开发的遍有节理岩体双重孔隙-裂隙介质热-水-应力耦合二维有限元程序,以一个假定的位于非饱和地层中的高放废物地质处置库为算例,分别在2组裂隙斜交和正交的条件下,针对与裂隙开度3种计算方式对应的6种工况进行了数值分析,考察了围岩中的温度、孔隙和裂隙水压力、裂隙开度、裂隙的渗透系数、地下水流速、应力的变化、分布状态。结果显示,当裂隙开度仅取决于法向应力时,裂隙开度受压应力作用产生的闭合量最大,从而裂隙水压力最高;而当裂隙开度是法向应力和剪切位移的函数时,由于“剪胀”效应,裂隙开度闭合量较前述情况为小,裂隙水压力居中;而当裂隙开度是常数时,裂隙水压力最低     

热-水-应力-迁移耦合条件下双重孔隙-裂隙介质的抗剪强度及有限元分析

考虑裂隙的连通率、间距、孔隙基质和裂隙材料在表征单元（REV）中的体积分数,并假定双重孔隙-裂隙介质的等效内摩擦角保持常数,而等效黏聚力是固有黏聚力、等效塑性应变、基质吸力、溶质浓度及温度的函数,提出了一种在热-水-应力-迁移耦合条件下确定表征单元内任一平面上等效的黏聚力及内摩擦角的方法。针对一个假定的位于非饱和双重孔隙-裂隙岩体中的高放废物地质处置模型进行了数值模拟及分析。结果表明,基质吸力对于等效黏聚力的增强作用大于等效塑性应变和溶质浓度的减弱作用,使得等效黏聚力得到了提高,故减少了围岩中的塑性区;由此岩体应力、孔（裂）隙水压力及流速、孔（裂）隙溶质浓度的分布及量值也发生相应的改变。     

塑性扩容梯度对孔隙介质岩体中T-H-M耦合作用的二维有限元分析

由双重孔隙-裂隙介质热-水-应力耦合模型退化为单一孔隙介质模型,将其与岩体扩容梯度引入笔者所研制的二维有限元程序中,使用Mohr-Coulomb准则,计入塑性扩容对岩体孔隙率及渗透系数的影响,针对一个假设的实验室尺度且位于饱和孔隙介质岩体中的高放废物地质处置库模型,拟定不同扩容梯度值的5种工况,进行4年处置时段的数值模拟,考察了岩体中的温度、正应力、塑性区、孔隙率及渗透系数、孔隙水压力和地下水流速的变化、分布情况。结果主要显示,相比于不考虑扩容梯度的工况,考虑扩容梯度工况的正应力、孔隙率及渗透系数、孔隙水压力和地下水流速等的分布与塑性区的分布有明显的对应关系,呈现了某种"剪切带效应";正应力量值、塑性区面积、孔隙率及渗透系数、孔隙水压力、地下水流速等均随所取扩容梯度值的变大而增加。     

压力溶解对颗粒聚集岩体中热-水-应力耦合作用的弹塑性有限元分析

将Taron等提出的颗粒聚集体的压力溶解模型引入笔者所研制的孔隙介质热-水-应力耦合有限元程序中,并使用摩尔-库仑准则,针对一个假设的实验室尺度且位于饱和石英颗粒聚集岩体中的高放废物地质处置库模型,拟定弹性分析和弹塑性分析两种计算工况,进行4 a处置时段的数值模拟,考察了岩体中的温度、颗粒界面水膜及孔隙中的溶质浓度、迁移和沉淀质量、孔隙率及渗透系数、孔隙水压力、地下水流速和应力及塑性区的变化、分布情况。结果主要显示：弹塑性分析中由于应力调整和增大了分子扩散系数,使得塑性区的颗粒介质的溶解、迁移和沉淀有明显的变化,并对渗流场（孔隙水压力及流速）和应力场产生显著的影响。但两种工况弹性区中的颗粒介质的溶解、迁移和沉淀差别较小。     

Closure of Fracture Due to Cover Stress Re-establishment After Coal Mining

In situ measurements of deformations, stresses, and closure of fractures, affecting water inflow following coal mining, are challenging due to the inaccessibility of fractured rock. In this paper, the authors studied the closure process of the fractured rock mass with the cover stress re-establishment based on a theoretical analysis and a scale model testing. A quantitative analysis is used to study the fracture distribution in the fractured zone. A function to describe a fracture aperture distribution in the fractured zone is proposed, which takes into account the curvature and thickness of the fractured rock. The theoretical analysis and a scale model testing both indicate that the cover stress re-establishment with mining distance increasing and the relationship between the fracture closure and cover stress re-establishment both satisfy a logarithmic function. The scale model test also shows the following features: (1) the fracture ratio (which is the fracture area divided by the total area of fracture and intact rock with a unit width in the vertical or horizontal direction) in the lower part of the fractured rock mass is greater than that in the upper part; (2) the initially fast decreased of fracture ratios is then followed by a slower decrease during the cover stress re-establishment process; (3) in the upper part of the rock mass, the vertical directional fractures with small apertures are being closed with cover stress re-establishment, which indicates an increase in the water resistance reducing the seepage from these parts of the fractured zone. This study improves the general understanding of the fracture closure process and cover stress re-establishment in the fractured rock mass after coal mining ceased, and provides a theoretical basis for water resource protection in case of underground coal mining.     

Normal-stress dependence of fracture hydraulic properties including two-phase flow properties

A systematic approach has been developed for determining relationships between normal stress and fracture hydraulic properties, including two-phase flow properties. The development of a relationship between stress and fracture permeability (or fracture aperture and fracture closure) is based on a two-part Hooke’s model (TPHM) that captures heterogeneous elastic-deformation processes at a macroscopic scale by conceptualizing the rock mass (or a fracture) into two parts with different mechanical properties. The developed relationship was verified using a number of datasets in the literature for fracture closure versus stress, and satisfactory agreements were obtained. TPHM was previously shown to be able to accurately represent testing data for porous media as well. Based on the consideration that fracture–aperture distributions under different normal stresses can be represented by truncated-Gaussian distributions, closed-form constitutive relationships were developed between capillary pressure, relative permeability and saturation, for deformable horizontal fractures. The usefulness of these relationships was demonstrated by their consistency with a laboratory dataset.     

Finite element modeling of hydraulic fracturing in 3D

A procedure based on the finite element method is suggested for modeling of 3D hydraulic fracturing in the subsurface. The proposed formulation partitions the stress field into the initial stress state and an additional stress state caused by pressure buildup. The additional stress is obtained as a solution of the Biot equations for coupled fluid flow and deformations in the rock. The fluid flow in the fracture is represented on a regular finite element grid by means of “fracture” porosity, which is the volume fraction of the fracture. The use of the fracture porosity allows for a uniform finite element formulation for the fracture and the rock, both with respect to fluid pressure and displacement. It is demonstrated how the fracture aperture is obtained from the displacement field. The model has a fracture criterion by means of a strain limit in each element. It is shown how this criterion scales with the element size. Fracturing becomes an intermittent process, and each event is followed by a pressure drop. A procedure is suggested for the computation of the pressure drop. Two examples of hydraulic fracturing are given, when the pressure buildup is from fluid injection by a well. One case is of a homogeneous rock, and the other case is an inhomogeneous rock. The fracture geometry, well pressure, new fracture area, and elastic energy released in each event are computed. The fracture geometry is three orthogonal fracture planes in the homogeneous case, and it is a branched fracture in the inhomogeneous case.     

A three‐dimensional integral equation model for calculating poro‐ and thermoelastic stresses induced by cold water injection into a geothermal reservoir

Poro‐mechanical and thermo‐mechanical processes change the fracture aperture and thus affect the water flow pattern in the fracture during the cold water injection into enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). In addition, the stresses generated by these processes contribute to the phenomenon of reservoir seismicity. In this paper, we present a three‐dimensional (3D) partially coupled poro‐thermoelastic model to investigate the poroelastic and thermoelastic effects of cold water injection in EGS. In the model, the lubrication fluid flow and the convective heat transfer in the fracture are modeled by the finite element method, while the pore fluid diffusion and heat conductive transfer in the reservoir matrix are assumed to be 3D and modeled by the boundary integral equation method without the need to discretize the reservoir. The stresses at the fracture surface and in the reservoir matrix are obtained from the numerical model and can be used to assess the variation of in situ stress and induced seismicty with injection/extraction. Application of the model shows that rock cooling induces large tensile stresses and increases fracture conductivity, whereas the rock dilation caused by fluid leakoff decreases fracture aperture and increases compressive total stresses around the injection zone. However, increases in pore pressure reduce the effective stresses and can contribute to rock failure, fracture slip, and microseismic activity. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.