Comparison between naturally consolidated and laboratory consolidated loess

Rendell, H.M., 1988. Comparison between naturally consolidated and laboratory consolidated loess. Eng. Geol., 25: 229–233.

Preliminary results of a comparison between naturally consolidated and laboratory consolidated loess are presented. Mercury intrusion porosimetry was used to compare nominal pore size distributions of loess before and after laboratory consolidation with those for samples that had undergone “natural” compaction. Although changes in density appear to be modelled well by the oedometer tests, the pore size distributions approach, they do not mirror exactly those for naturally consolidated loess.     

天然硅藻土的应力水平与孔隙空间分布的关系

采用压汞法研究了不同固结压力作用下具有强结构性的天然沉积硅藻土的微观孔隙入口孔径分布与应力水平的关系。研究结果表明：当应力水平小于固结屈服应力时,具有强结构性的天然沉积硅藻土的微观孔隙入口孔径分布几乎与应力水平无关,而当外加应力水平达到固结屈服压力时,虽然总体孔隙空间体积几乎与天然沉积状态时一样,但其微观孔隙入口孔径分布则发生显著变化。在屈服后阶段,随着应力水平的增大硅藻土的孔隙空间体积逐渐减少,最大孔隙变小,整体孔隙空间的孔径趋于均匀。并对微观结构变化与宏观力学特性的内在联系也进行了初步探讨。     

疏浚淤泥流动固化土的压汞试验研究

采用压汞法对疏浚淤泥流动固化土进行了微观孔隙结构的研究,分析了固化土的孔隙体积及入口孔径分布特征与固化材料掺量及固化土龄期的关系,并将微观试验结果与固化土的物理指标和强度特性进行了比较。结果表明,采用压汞法研究疏浚淤泥流动固化土的微观孔隙空间分布是成功的,压汞试验得到的微观孔隙特征与众多学者通过宏观力学试验得出的强度规律是一致的,微观结构试验能够很好地解释宏观物理力学性状。随着固化材料掺量的增加和龄期的增长,淤泥固化土的孔隙体积和D50孔径明显减小,入口孔径分布特征亦发生了相应变化。所得流动固化土的入口孔径主要分布在0.01～10 ?m之间,最大分布孔径在0.5～2 ?m之间。     

基于压汞法的冻融循环对土体孔隙特征影响的试验研究

冻融循环会改变土的微观结构, 孔隙特征的变化是其结构性发生改变的重要体现. 以青藏铁路沿线粉质黏土为研究对象, 借助压汞技术对不同冻融次数下重塑土样的孔隙特征进行了研究. 结果表明:土体孔隙特征分布曲线表现出明显的双峰特征, 据此可将土样的孔隙分为大孔和小孔两大类; 冻融循环次数对小孔隙的影响较小, 小孔隙直径和体积基本保持不变; 冻融循环次数对大孔隙的影响较大, 特别是孔径为20～40 μm的孔隙, 其直径和体积均随冻融次数的增加而增大. 试样的孔隙率随冻融次数的增加并无明显规律, 但总体的变化趋势是先增大后减小. 由孔隙分形维数计算结果可知, 冻融循环在改变土体孔隙结构的同时, 使孔隙内壁的粗糙程度及孔隙结构的复杂程度降低.     

土−水特征曲线测量过程中孔隙分布的演化规律探讨

测量了在宽广吸力范围内原状样和压实样的脱湿持水曲线,对比分析了单双峰结构持水性能的差异;并利用压汞试验测试两种土样在脱湿过程的孔隙分布,分析了两者的差异并探讨了脱湿过程孔隙的演化规律;在考虑收缩变形的基础上,基于孔隙分布曲线确定了土?水特征曲线的基本参数。试验结果表明：原状样在宽广吸力范围内基本上呈单峰孔隙结构;饱和压实样具有单峰孔隙结构,随着吸力的增加,双峰结构越来越明显,当吸力达到很大时,演化成完全双峰孔隙结构。原状样的持水曲线为经典的S形,而压实样的持水曲线在过渡段出现了水平台阶状;低吸力段,压实样的持水曲线低于原状样,而高吸力段,两者的持水曲线基本重合。基于孔隙分布曲线确定了控制持水曲线进气值和残余值的孔径,并计算出对应的吸力值,其值更符合实际物理意义。     

基于压汞法探究岩浆侵入对煤孔隙的影响

以平煤十三矿二₁煤层中受岩浆侵入影响前后的贫瘦煤和无烟煤为研究对象,利用压汞法研究了热变质作用对煤中孔隙发育特征的影响。总结了压汞法测定煤中孔隙的实验原理以及煤中比表面积、孔容及其在不同孔径段分布的计算方法与过程,深入分析了不同样品孔容、比表面积的发育特征及其在不同孔径段的分布规律,并探讨了5.5 nm~350 μm孔径范围内煤中孔隙的分形特征。研究表明:岩浆侵入致使煤中出现大量的新生孔隙,孔容和比表面积都显著增大,但中值孔容孔径、平均孔径减小,说明新生孔隙主要集中在小孔径段。而孔隙的空间分形维数变化规律表明岩浆侵入使煤中孔隙粗糙度增加,孔隙吸附能力增强,粒内孔分布范围增大。      

Consequences on water retention properties of double-porosity features in a compacted silt

The paper deals with an experimental investigation aimed at studying microstructural features and their consequences on water retention properties of statically compacted unsaturated silt. The evolution of the microstructure of the aggregate fabric induced by compaction is investigated by studying the pore size distribution changes under different initial conditions (void ratio and water content). The material used is low plasticity silt from Jossigny near Paris, France. A series of mercury intrusion porosimetry tests (MIP) were performed at different void ratios and water contents to provide microstructural information. The arrangement of aggregation/particles and pore network was also investigated with environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM). The MIP data were used to determine the water retention curve on drying for the specific pore network configuration induced on compaction. The MIP data were used to formulate and calibrate a multimodal water retention model for a specific pore network configuration, which is obtained by linear superposition of subcurves of a modified van Genuchten type. The study is then complemented with controlled suction oedometer tests on compacted samples to obtain the water retention properties of the material at two different void ratios. Finally, we compare the water retention properties obtained by the simulated progression of the different pore network configurations induced on the hydraulic path with the water retention properties under suction-controlled conditions. Good agreement between the two methods for the drying path is reached.     

Two methods for pore network of porous media

Two approaches of generating pore networks of porous media are presented to capture the pore fabric. The first methodology extracted pore structure from a computer simulated packing of spheres. The modified Delaunay tessellation was used to describe the porous media, and modified Nelder–Mead method in conjunction with three pore‐merging algorithms was used to generate the pore size and coordination number distributions of the randomly packed spheres. The Biconical Abscissa Asymmetric CONcentric bond was used to describe the connection between two adjacent voids. This algorithm was validated by predicting pore structure of a cubic array of spheres of equal radius with known pore sizes, throat sizes and coordination number distributions. The predicted distributions of pore structure agreed well with the measured. Then, the algorithm was used to predict pore structure and permeability of randomly packed spherical particles, and predicted permeability values were compared with published experimental data. The results showed that the predicted permeability values were in good agreement with those measured, confirming the proposed algorithm can capture the main flow paths of packed beds. The second methodology generated an equivalent pore network of porous media, of which the centers of voids were located in a regular lattice with constant pore center distance. However, this network allowed for matching both main geometrical and topological characteristics of the porous media. A comparison of the two approaches suggested that the second approach can also be used as a predictive tool to quantitatively study the microscopic properties of flow through porous media. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

不同压应力作用下黏土体积变形的微观特征

为了研究黏土体积变形的微观结构变化特征,选取上海第4层淤泥质黏土为研究对象,分别采用各向等压和K0压缩两种方法制备体积变化率相同的土样,经冷冻真空干燥后对土样进行压汞试验并测定土中孔隙大小分布状况。压汞试验结果表明：试验黏土中孔隙可分为大孔隙、中孔隙、小孔隙和微孔隙,小孔隙占据土中孔隙的大部分空间,且其变化能够反映微观结构的主要特性;在各向等压应力状态下,随着压应力增高、体积压缩量增大,黏土颗粒发生空间平移使颗粒间变得更为紧密,孔隙分布曲线变化以孔隙波峰往孔隙变小方向偏移为主要特征,孔隙尺寸变小而孔隙形态基本不变;在K0压缩应力状态下,随着压应力增高,黏土颗粒发生旋转使孔隙变得扁平,表现为孔隙波峰位置基本不发生偏移,而以峰值降低为主要特征,孔隙结构形态明显改变     

复合改性水玻璃加固黄土微观特征研究

进行压汞试验和SEM-EDS试验研究复合改性前后水玻璃加固黄土,分析其孔隙分布特征、颗粒和孔隙形态以及胶结物形态和化学元素含量,探讨宏观力学特性与微观特征的联系。压汞测试结果表明,改性前后加固黄土具有相近的孔隙分布特征,入口孔径主要分布在0.06～8 ?m之间,大、中、小和微孔隙分界值分别为8、2、0.06 ?m,加固时生成的凝胶填充作用不显著。SEM-EDS测试结果表明,改性后黄土仍保持其粒状、架空、接触-胶结结构不变,但加入硅酸钾材料后黄土颗粒表面变得粗糙并吸附有絮状物,EDS数据显示K元素含量随着硅酸钾掺入量的增加而增大,且试样无侧限强度与K元素百分含量正相关。研究还表明,土的颗粒联结强度和结构形态特征是导致黄土宏观力学性质差异的本质原因,在复合改性水玻璃加固黄土时在保持黄土架空孔隙基本不变的前提下,生成的含K凝胶在改变颗粒表面形态的同时强化了骨架颗粒之间的连接强度,从而改善了土体的强度。     

一种适用于孔隙体积应变的有效应力方程

土力学奠基石Terzaghi有效应力原理被广泛应用于油藏孔隙和渗透率应力敏感研究中,然而其对于岩石孔隙体积应变的适用性存在争议。对颗粒不可压缩和颗粒可压缩的多孔介质分别进行了受力分析,推导了总体积、颗粒骨架、孔隙体积的有效应力表达式,与Biot、Skepmton有效应力方程对比,建立了适用于孔隙体积应变的新型有效应力方程,并进行了试验论证和应用举例。研究表明:在颗粒不可压缩多孔介质中,有效应力为超出平衡孔隙流压之外的颗粒间宏观等效应力;在颗粒可压缩变形多孔介质中,有效应力为其相同应变下的等效应力,有3种有效应力分别适用于总体积应变、颗粒体积应变、孔隙体积应变;新提出的孔隙体积有效应力方程与孔隙度、岩石总体积压缩系数、颗粒压缩系数、总应力和流压相关,4个理论计算式计算结果在3种多孔介质试验测试结果中的偏差均在5%以内;孔隙体积有效应力系数解决了如何定量增总应力来等效模拟储层降流压生产过程这一关键问题,3个压缩系数关系式理论计算准确方便。     

湿度应力场理论的证明

在某些工作环境下,多孔介质中流体同固体骨架之间可能发生复杂的物理化学相互作用,吸附就是各种相互作用的表观现象之一。各种相互作用都伴随能量的转化或转移。吸附引起的固体骨架的膨胀是由于固体和流体之间复杂的能量转化或转移引起的,在此认识基础上,从热力学第一定律和建立本构方程的一般方法出发,将湿度（吸附量）当作系统的状态变量,对缪协兴提出的湿度应力场理论作了严格证明,并详细分析了该理论模型的适用条件及其力学意义。认为湿度应力场本构模型同经典弹性本构模型一样,确定了一种理想物质模型,它也只是实际材料本构关系的一种理想化。     

Coupling of solid deformation and pore pressure for undrained deformation—a discrete element method approach

This paper presents a numerical scheme for fluid‐particle coupling that uses the discrete element method by taking into consideration solid deformation and pore pressure generation. A new water particle element is introduced to calculate pore water pressure due to porosity changes. The water particle element has the same size and shape as the solid element and experiences the same amount of deformation. On the basis of the effective stress principle at the element contact, the total force is equal to the sum of the force transmitted through the solid element contact and the water particle force due to pore water pressure. Analytical solutions of traditional soil mechanics problems, such as isotropic compression and consolidated triaxial undrained test, are used to quantitatively validate the proposed model. The numerical results show good agreement between the model and the analytical solutions. The model therefore provides an effective method to calculate pore pressure in a porous medium in discrete modeling.     

A 2D mixed fracture–pore seepage model and hydromechanical coupling for fractured porous media

A novel two-dimensional mixed fracture–pore seepage model for fluid flow in fractured porous media is presented based on the computational framework of finite-discrete element method (FDEM). The model consists of a porous seepage model in triangular elements bonded by unbroken joint elements, as well as a fracture seepage model in broken joint elements. The principle for determining the fluid exchange coefficient of the unbroken joint element is provided to ensure numerical accuracy and efficiency. The mixed fracture–pore seepage model provides a simple but effective tool for solving fluid flow in fractured porous media. In this paper, examples of 1D and 2D seepage flow in porous media and porous media with a single fracture or multiple fractures are studied. The simulation results of the model match well with theoretical solutions or results obtained by commercial software, which verifies the correctness of the mixed fracture–pore seepage model. Furthermore, combining FDEM mechanical calculation and the mixed fracture–pore seepage model, a coupled hydromechanical model is built to simulate fluid-driven dynamic propagation of cracks in the porous media, as well as its influence on pore seepage and fracture seepage.

     

基于核磁共振法的页岩纳米孔隙结构特征研究

选取威远海相页岩（1#）、焦石坝海相页岩（2#）、瑶曲凝灰岩（4#）及瑶曲陆相页岩（5#和6#）,采用场发射扫描电镜（FE-SEM）与低场核磁共振（NMR）,研究中国海相页岩和陆相页岩之间的孔隙结构特征的差异化特征。核磁共振冻融法（NMRC）可以精细探测页岩的纳米范围的孔隙结构。该方法可以拓展到结合核磁共振弛豫分析进行微观测量,详细探测不同孔径尺度下页岩的孔隙结构。测试温度梯度变化越小,孔隙分布测量的结果越精细。测试结果表明,从样品5#,2#,6#,1#至样品4#的孔隙率逐个减小。NMRC,LFNMR,压汞法（MIP）,气体吸附法（GA）在它们各自的有效测量范围内,孔径分布表现出良好的一致性。因此,将NMRC,LFNMR与GA和MIP等方法组合,可以更准确地评估储层页岩的孔隙结构。研究结果表明,陆相页岩（5#瑶曲页岩）的纳米孔隙更发育,与海相页岩相比也许具有更高的商业开发价值。     

软土结构性破损的孔径分布试验研究

采用压汞法对天然结构性软土压缩过程孔隙大小分布的演化进行了试验研究，结果表明，当荷载超过结构屈服应力后，尺寸较大的团粒间孔隙首先发生破坏，随着荷载的增大，越来越小的孔隙受到影响，但团粒内孔隙在压缩过程中不发生变化；根据试验结果提出了孔隙结构破损势的概念，并用其表征孔隙分布随荷载变化的规律。     

Welded tuff porosity characterization using mercury intrusion,nitrogen and ethylene glycol monoethyl ether sorption and epifluorescence microscopy

Porosity of welded tuff from Snowshoe Mountain, Colorado, was characterized by mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP), nitrogen sorption porosimetry, ethylene glycol monoethyl ether (EGME) gas phase sorption and epifluorescence optical microscopy. Crushed tuff of two particle-size fractions (1-0.3 mm and less than 0.212 mm), sawed sections of whole rock and crushed tuff that had been reacted with 0.1 N hydrochloric acid were examined. Average MIP pore diameter values were in the range of 0.01–0.02μm. Intrusion volume was greatest for tuff reacted with 0.1 N hydrochloric acid and least for sawed tuff. Cut rock had the smallest porosity (4.72%) and crushed tuff reacted in hydrochloric acid had the largest porosity (6.56%). Mean pore diameters from nitrogen sorption measurements were 0.0075–0.0187 μm. Nitrogen adsorption pore volumes (from 0.005 to 0.013 cm³/g) and porosity values (from 1.34 to 3.21%) were less than the corresponding values obtained by MIP. More than half of the total tuff pore volume was associated with pore diameters < 0.05μm. Vapor sorption of EGME demonstrated that tuff pores contain a clay-like material. Epifluorescence microscopy indicated that connected porosity is heterogeneously distributed within the tuff matix; mineral grains had little porosity. Tuff porosity may have important consequences for contaminant disposal in this host rock.     

On computation of strain‐dependent permeability of rocks and rock‐like porous media

Determination of transport properties of geomaterials is an important issue in many fields of engineering analysis and design. For example, in petroleum engineering, in situ permeability of an oil reservoir may be crucial in establishing its viability for exploitation, whilst prevention of leakage from underground storage facilities for oil and gas, nuclear waste as well as viability of CO₂ sequestration projects crucially depends on its long‐term values. Permeability is indirectly related to the porosity, pore‐size distribution and pore architecture of the porous media. These parameters evolve when a strain field is imposed. Physical measurement of permeability under a strain field in laboratory conditions is difficult, expensive and prone to a number of uncertainties. In the past, pore network models have been used to compute permeability of materials under stress/strain‐free conditions. In this paper, we propose an enhanced pore network model to compute permeability of rocks and rock‐like porous media under a stress/strain field. Data of pore‐size distribution obtained from mercury intrusion porosimetry are used to compute permeability of rock samples from various unspecified oilfields in the world. It is shown that the two permeabilities can be predicted from the model with sufficient accuracy. A hypothesis for change in porosity, pore‐size distribution and pore architecture as a result of imposed mechanical strains is then proposed. Based on this, permeability is computed again for one of the rock samples under uniaxial and triaxial compressive and tensile strain fields. It is shown that depending on the state of strain field imposed, permeability evolves in an anisotropic manner. Permeability under tensile strain field increases dramatically compared with the reduction that takes place under compressive strain field of the same magnitude. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The use of selected research methods to describe the pore space of dolomite from copper ore mine,Poland

Basic knowledge of the characteristics of copper-bearing rock such as dolomite is essential to locate those areas of the deposit which have different structural and textural properties. Those regions can be important in terms of the assessment of the possibilities of gas accumulating in them as well as in terms of gasogeodynamic hazard. To better understand those threats, it is necessary to locate, monitor and analyse those areas in detail. This article characterises the structural and textural parameters of dolomite from the Polkowice–Sieroszowice copper mine in Poland. The study involved five samples from various areas of the mine. A number of research methods were selected. Reflected and transmitted light microscopy (MS), computer microtomography (Micro-CT), gas adsorption porosimetry (LPNA), mercury porosimetry (MIP), helium and quasi-fluid pycnometry (Pycno. He, DryFlo). Each of the methods examined a different scope of the pore size, which enabled to achieve a full view of the porous nature of those rocks. We determined their porosity (open, closed, total), surface area as well as mean size and volume of the pores. Also, we studied the character and the pore size distribution from a few nm to a few mm. Comprehensive dolomite properties analyses showed that these rocks are characterised by high structural variability. They have mesopores and macropores but few micropores. The analyses presented in this paper are determined by a large petrographic diversity of the deposits containing dolomite. This article is an example of a comprehensive approach to the rock analysis in copper ore mines.     

填埋气体运移渗流场-应力场耦合模型及数值仿真

基于流固耦合机制和多孔介质流体动力学理论,根据Landgem产气方程、气体状态方程,结合达西定律、有效应力原理,建立了渗流场-应力场耦合填埋气体运移模型。利用伽辽金方法对模型进行了离散,通过有限元方法对耦合作用下填埋气体压力分布规律进行了数值仿真分析,同时对垃圾填埋变形介质参数以及垃圾降解系数对填埋气体产气量影响进行了定量评价,表明耦合作用下抽气时孔隙结构发生改变,阻滞气体的运移,导致耦合作用较未考虑耦合作用的气体压力低。垃圾填埋气体的产气量小,对变形介质参数和降解系数的定量评价结果表明,垃圾填埋气体的产气量随着渗透系数和降解系数的增大而增加,因此耦合作用不能忽略。这不仅为准确控制气体的挥发与扩散以及气体资源的再利用提供可靠的理论依据,而且对于生态环境的保护和垃圾资源化利用具有重要的理论意义和实际应用价值。