Using Geomechanical Method to Predict Tectonic Fractures in Low-Permeability Sandstone Reservoirs

Understanding and interpreting the timing, location, orientation, and intensity of natural fractures within a geological structure are commonly important to both exploration and production planning activities of low-porosity and low-permeability carbonate reservoirs. In this study, we explore the application of comprehensive geomechanical methods to quantitatively characterize the fracture parameters based on Strain Energy Density Theory, such as linear fracture density and volume fracture density. This study approach is based on the idea that energy generated by tectonic stress on brittle sandstone,which can be distinguished fracture surface energy, friction energy dissipation and residual strain energy and natural fractures can be interpreted or inferred from geomechanical-model-derived strains. For this analysis, we model an extension and compression compound fault block developed in a mechanically stratified sandstone and shale sequence because mechanics experimental data and drilling data exist that can be directly compared with model results.However, the results show that the approach and our study conclusion are independent of the specified structural geometry, which can correlate fracture parameters in different stages with different tectonic activities, and finally build and visualize fracture networks in sandstone. The presence or absence of filling minerals in fractures is shown to strongly control the destruction and transformation of low-permeability sandstone, and this control possesses crucial implications for interpreting fracture aperture and reservoir flow simulation.     

片马镇国门小学滑坡稳定性评价及治理方案研究

在实地踏勘的基础上,对云南泸水县国门小学滑坡的地质地貌条件以及滑坡体的基本特征进行了详细的分析。在此基础上,运用极限平衡理论对该滑坡的公路段以及整个滑坡体,分3种工况进行了稳定性研究。结果表明:在较为干燥的条件下,各段滑坡体均处于稳定状态,但在强降雨或是地震工况下,则表现为基本稳定-欠稳定状态。为了防止地质灾害发生,结合相关理论提出了治理方案,建议实施支挡和排水工程。     

矿床保存变化研究的热年代学技术方法

成矿后矿床的保存与变化是矿床地质研究的重要组成部分,但研究程度不高,至今仍属于薄弱环节。矿床的保存与其隆升剥露密切相关,深入细致研究恢复矿区矿床的隆升和剥露历史,是揭示矿床保存变化的一种重要途径。本文重点论述研究矿床保存变化的技术方法,通过综合应用裂变径迹、(U-Th)/He、~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar年代学以及La-ICP-MS、锆石U-Pb定年等多种技术手段,研究成矿期次、构造活动期次以及二者间的联系,定量计算不同矿区、不同矿体、不同部位、不同时间的冷却隆升速率、隆升幅度、剥蚀速率和剥蚀量,探讨矿床保存深度与剥蚀量间的关系,总结不同时代、不同矿区矿床保存-变化过程,建立新的矿床地质-保存环境模型,完善矿床预测的综合示踪标志,最终预测不同矿区、不同地段隐伏矿床可能的产出深度,给出矿床可能已经被剥蚀殆尽的区段或地段,为深部找矿和区域成矿潜力评价提供依据。本文可为地质工作者的相关应用提供借鉴和手段。     

基于生态水力学法的金沙电站最小下泄流量计算

最小下泄流量的确定是环境影响评价工作的重点,以金沙水电站为例,采用生态水力学法,在综合评判河段水深、流速、水面宽、湿周率、过水断面面积等水力参数以及水力形态要素的基础上,确定金沙水电站最小下泄流量,以满足下游河道鱼类生产繁衍的必要条件。     

火山岩型铀矿山环境地质调查评价方法研究

通过对典型火山岩型铀矿山及周边地区的环境地质调查及样品分析测试,厘定矿山放射性气态、液态、固态源项特征及分布,开展放射性迁移循环途径研究及矿山周边公众潜在附加剂量评价研究,初步建立放射性矿山环境地质调查评价体系。结果表明,该研究可以为查明火山岩型铀矿山开发过程中对环境介质的影响程度和范围提供方法指导。     

X形冻结管温度场变化规律研究

为解决现有冻结管单管冻结能力不强致使增加循环冷媒介质用量和施工耗电的问题,可将传统圆形截面设计成异形截面。对X形截面冻结管作一简单介绍,运用有限元软件对X形截面冻结管单管冻结时的温度场变化规律进行研究,同时与圆形、方形、工字形、T形和Y形冻结管单管冻结时的温度场进行对比分析,主要得出结论为：虽然X形等异形冻结管为非圆形截面,但其冻土帷幕温度也是以冻结管为圆心呈同心圆分布,离冻结管越近温度越低;冻结20天时,X形冻结管-10 ℃圆形冻土帷幕半径发展到200 mm,冻结30天时发展到240 mm,冻结40天时达到约300 mm;与圆形冻结管相比,异形冻结管在保证冻结效果的基础上可大大减少施工耗电量,经济效益显著。     

北京市房山区三合庄村泥石流活动特征分析

2012年7月21日,北京地区发生了61年以来的最大降雨,特大强降雨引发房山区三合庄村泥石流地质灾害。为了最大限度的减少房山区三合庄村泥石流所带来的损失,本文选取该泥石流作为研究对象,采用了遥感解译和灾害地质实地调查等方法,确定了三合庄泥石流基本特征,从地形、物源和水源三方面研究了三合庄泥石流的成因,依据泥石流相关的防治工程勘查设计规范,采用雨洪法计算出三合庄村泥石流的活动特征,使用综合评分法判断了三合庄泥石流的易发性。     

Time-domain simulation of berthing problem between FPSO and shuttle tanker in waves

A time-domain simulation method based on potential flow model has been developed to investigate the berthing problem between two floating bodies in wave. The boundary value problem is formulated with respect to an earth-fixed coordinate system because the relative positions of the two vessels continuously change during the berthing operation. The classical finite element method is used to solve the Laplace equation in the fluid domain with moving boundary. The linearized free-surface boundary conditions are integrated in time by applying 4th-order Adams–Bashforth–Moulton method. A simple re-mesh algorithm with local and global mesh systems is introduced to update mesh by considering large horizontal movement of the berthing vessel. The developed numerical method is used to investigate the berthing problem between a FPSO and shuttle tanker in waves. The focus is on the wave-induced motion response during the berthing process. The characteristics of the motion responses in berthing operation are examined with various wave frequencies, berthing speeds and wave headings.     

Incremental elastoplastic FEM for simulating the deformation process of suction caissons subjected to cyclic loads in soft clays

This paper presents an incremental elastoplastic finite element method (FEM) to simulate the undrained deformation process of suction caisson foundations subjected to cyclic loads in soft clays. The method is developed by encoding the total-stress-based bounding surface model proposed by the authors in the ABAQUS software package. According to the model characteristics, elastoplastic stress states associated with the incremental strains of each iteration are determined using the sub-incremental explicit Euler algorithm, and the state parameters describing the cyclic accumulative rates of strains are updated by setting state variables during the calculations. The radial fallback method is also proposed to modify the stress states outside the bounding surface to the surface during determination of the elastoplastic stress states. The stress reversals of soil elements are judged by the angle between the incremental deviatoric stress and the exterior normal vector at the image stress point on the bounding surface to update the mapping centre and state variables during cyclic loading. To assess the general validity of the method, the reduced scale model tests and centrifuge tests of suction caissons subjected to cyclic loads are simulated using the method. Predictions are in relative good agreement with test results. Compared with the limit equilibrium and quasi-static methods, the method can not only determine the cyclic bearing capacity, but can also analyse the deformation process and the failure mechanisms of suction caisson under cyclic loads in soft clays.     

高阶边界元方法求解规则波在三维局部渗透海床上的传播

基于线性势流理论,利用高阶边界元法研究了规则波在三维局部渗透海床上的传播。根据Darcy渗透定律推导出渗透海床的控制方程,利用渗透海床顶部和海底处法向速度和压强连续条件得到渗透海床顶部满足的边界条件。根据绕射理论,利用满足自由水面条件的格林函数建立了求解渗透海床绕射势的边界积分方程,采用高阶边界元方法求解边界积分方程进而得到自由水面的绕射势和波浪在局部渗透海床上传播过程中幅值的变化情况。通过与已发表的波浪对圆柱形暗礁的时域全绕射结果对比,证明了本文建立的频域方法计算波幅的正确性和有效性。利用这一模型研究了三维矩形渗透海床区域上波浪的传播特性,并分析了入射波波长、海床渗透特性系数等参数对波浪传播的影响。