A new method for quantification of liquid saturation in 2D translucent porous media systems using light transmission

Five physically based models for predicting liquid saturation from light transmission in 2D laboratory systems containing translucent porous media were developed and tested (Models A–E). The models were based upon various simplifying assumptions concerning pore geometry, wettability, and drainage. Models A–D assumed uniform-sized pores, and liquid saturation was an explicit function of light transmission. Model E considered a distribution of pore sizes whose drainage characteristics were inferred from the Laplace equation. Mass balances were calculated using data from drainage and infiltration experiments, in four textures of silica sand with water as the fluid. Model E performed the best overall, with systematic errors of less than 2.3% saturation. Model E represents a robust easily applied new method for the determination of liquid saturation by light transmission. The other four models are presented, and compared, for reasons of historical interest and to investigate the impact of the various simplifying assumptions.     

流体饱和多孔隙介质弹性波方程边界元解法研究

基于流体饱和多孔隙各向同性介质模型,本文首先推导了流体饱和多孔隙介质中弹性波传播的频率域系统动力方程及边界积分方程,然后给出了流体饱和多孔隙介质弹性波方程的基本解,最后,利用本文给出的边界元方法对流体饱和多孔隙各向同性介质中的弹性波传播进行了数值模拟.结果表明：不论是从固相位移,还是液相位移的地震合成记录都能看到明显的慢速P波,本文提出的流体饱和多孔隙介质弹性波边界元法是有效可行的.     

流体饱和多孔隙介质二维弹性波方程正演模拟的小波有限元法

本文将小波有限元法引入到流体饱和多孔隙介质二维波动方程的正演模拟中,以二维Daubechies小波的尺度函数代替多项式函数作为插值函数,构造二维张量积小波单元.引入一类特征函数解决了Daubechies小波没有显式解析表达式所带来的基函数积分值计算问题,并推导出计算分数节点上Daubechies小波函数值的递推公式,从而构造出由小波系数空间到波场位移空间的快速小波变换.数值模拟结果表明该方法是有效的.     

A note on benchmarking of numerical models for density dependent flow in porous media

Verification of numerical models for density dependent flow in porous media (DDFPM) by the means of appropriate benchmark problems is a very important step in developing and using these models. Recently, Infinite Horizontal Box (IHB) problem was suggested as a possible benchmark problem for verification of DDFPM codes. IHB is based on Horton–Rogers–Lapwood (HRL) problem. Suitability of this problem for the benchmarking purpose has been investigated in this paper. It is shown that the wavelength of instabilities fails to be a proper criterion to be considered for this problem. However, the threshold of instability formation has been found to be appropriate for benchmarking purpose.