颗粒物质对风积沙压实特性影响研究

从颗粒物质的角度探讨了风积沙的压实特性和机理。研究表明,风积沙的重型击实试验曲线呈"双驼峰"形式,表明风积沙具有干压实的特性,水在风积沙的压实过程中扮演着不同的作用;室内振动试验表明振动加速度及振动时间影响着风积沙"巴西坚果效应"与"反巴西坚果效应"之间的转化,从而影响风积沙的振实密度,二者均存在一个产生最大振实干密度的最优值。现场试验通过控制机械参数(振幅A=0.4mm,频率f=48Hz)在压实5遍的时候,可使压实度达到96.8%,CBR值达到25.3,均能满足《公路路基设计规范》要求。     

砂砾岩储集体成岩差异性分析 ——以玛北斜坡带三叠系百口泉组为例

凭借着高产油气流,玛湖凹陷北斜坡带百口泉组砂砾岩储层成为近年来颇受储层沉积学家们关注的热点区域。层段内砂砾岩储层储集物性表现出明显的差异性,其控制机理一直尚未明确。本文按照流体成因差异,将层段内岩石相划分为4 种类型：牵引流成因的砂砾岩相、含砾砂岩相、砂岩相,以及重力流成因的砂砾岩相。在不断埋深过程中,重力流砂砾岩相的压实进程远远早于且明显强于牵引流砂砾岩相。而随后持续深埋过程中,重力流砂砾岩相孔隙度不再明显降低,渗透率却呈现明显增加,表明重力流砂砾岩相内的微裂缝开始发育。上述压实效应的差异造成了在储集空间上,牵引流砂砾岩相以原生粒间孔为主要类型,而重力流砂砾岩相则以粒内溶孔和微裂缝为主要类型。最终在宏观储集物性上,牵引流砂砾岩相储集性能明显优于重力流砂砾岩相,成为研究层段内有效的储集体。     

Sediment Stripping Correction to Marine Gravity Data

The knowledge of the bedrock topography (instead of the ocean-floor relief) is required in various geoscience studies investigating the evolution and structure of the oceanic lithosphere. The gross density structure and thickness of marine sediments were obtained from ocean drilling data or seismic surveys. Alternatively, marine gravity data corrected for the ocean and sediment density contrasts can be used for a detailed mapping of the bedrock topography. In this study, we compute and apply the sediment stripping correction to marine gravity data. The sediment density distribution is approximated by a 3-D density model derived based on the analysis of density samples from the Deep Sea Drilling Project. Methods for a spherical harmonic analysis and synthesis are utilized in computing the sediment stripping correction. Results show that this correction varies between 0 and 32 mGal. We also demonstrate that the approximation of heterogeneous sediment structures by a uniform density model yields large errors. The spectral analysis reveals a high correlation (>0.75) between the sediment-stripped marine gravity data and the bedrock topography. The application of the sediment stripping correction to marine gravity data enhanced the gravitational signature of the sediment-bedrock interface.     

Numerical and experimental studies of the mechanical behaviour for compaction grouted soil nails in sandy soil

A model test was conducted for a newly developed soil nail, the result of which was compared to that of a 3D finite element method (FEM) simulation. The shape angle (β) and friction coefficients (μ) contributed to the difference in pull-out force between the model test and the simulation. Further verifications were conducted, during which the pull-out mechanisms of the soil nail for different β and μ were analysed. It was found that both β and μ have a positive influence on the pull-out force; β only affects the increase rate, while μ influences the overall pull-out force level. Three components were found to govern the pull-out force, with the component applied to the expanded cement bulk surface accounting for approximately 80% of the total. This study proves that the optimal approach for increasing pull-out force is to enlarge the diameter of the cement bulk rather than extend the nail length.     

Subcritical compaction and yielding of granular quartz sand

Cylindrical samples of water-saturated, initially loose, St. Peter quartz sand were consolidated using triaxial deformation apparatus at room temperature, constant fluid pressure (12.5 MPa), and elevated confining pressures (up to 262.5 MPa). The samples were deformed along four loading paths: (1) hydrostatic stressing tests in which confining pressure was monotonically increased; (2) hydrostatic stress cycling similar to (1) except that effective pressure was periodically decreased to initial conditions; (3) triaxial deformation at constant effective pressure in which differential stress was applied after raising effective pressure to an elevated level; and (4) triaxial stress cycling similar to (3) except that the axial differential stress was periodically decreased to zero. Hydrostatic stressing at a constant rate results in a complex nonlinear consolidation response. At low pressures, large strains occur without significant acoustic emission (AE) activity. With increased pressure, the stress versus strain curve becomes quasi-linear with a corresponding nonlinear increase in AE rates. At elevated pressures, macroscopic yielding is marked by the onset of large strains, high AE rates, and significant grain failure. Stress cycling experiments show that measurable inelastic strain occurs at all stages of hydrostatic loading. The reload portions of stress cycles are characterized by a poro-elastic response and lower AE rates than during constant rate hydrostatic stressing. As the stress nears and exceeds the level that was applied during previous loading cycles, strain and AE rates increase in a manner consistent with yielding. Triaxial stressing cycles achieve greater consolidation and AE rates than hydrostatic loading at similar mean stress levels. By comparing our results with previously published studies, we construct a three-component model to describe elastic and inelastic compaction of granular sand. This model involves acoustically silent grain rearrangement that contributes significant inelastic strain at low pressures, poro-elastic (Hertzian) deformation at all pressures, and inelastic strain related to granular cracking and particle failure which increases in significance at greater pressures.     

Evaluation of a compacted bentonite/sand seal for underground waste repository isolation

This study investigates the performance of an optimum compacted bentonite/sand mixture seal for the isolation of underground waste repositories. Engineering geological tests such as compaction, flow, swelling, mechanical and shear strength tests have been conducted to select an optimum mixture and to recommend a stable bentonite/sand seal length-to-radius ratio (L/a) as far as the factor of safety (F) is concerned. The results of the compaction permeameter tests led to a recommendation to select an optimum compacted bentonite/sand mixture possessing a bentonite content of about 20% to satisfy the minimum regulatory hydraulic conductivity requirement. Engineering geological analysis of the seal/rock mechanical interaction with regard to reduce the possibility of seal slip led to a recommendation to utilize a seal L/a of at least 25.     

Mechanical compaction in heterogeneous clastic formations from plastic–poroelastic deformation principles: theory and applications

Mechanical compaction or loss of porosity due to increase in effective stress is a fundamental geological process that governs many of the rock elastic and transport parameters, all of great importance in exploring and developing subsurface reservoirs. The ability to model the compaction process enables us to improve our understanding of the seismic signature of the basin and better relate the geology of deposition to current porosity, velocity, pore pressure, and other mechanical parameters that depend on the state of compaction of the sediment. In this paper, a set of mathematical equations that can be used to model the plastic deformation associated with primary and secondary loading curves is presented. Compaction laws are posed in terms of natural strain increment formulation often used in plasticity theory to model large deformation. Laboratory and field estimates of constitutive plastic deformation relations for sand–shale mixtures are used in a numerical model that generates estimates of porosity under various pore pressures, shale content, and loading scenarios. These estimates can be used in a variety of settings to predict various basin and reservoir properties associated with different loading conditions and/or sedimentation processes.     

松辽盆地滨北地区水动力场特征及对油气运聚的影响

在系统收集研究区及周边现今地形起伏、白垩系露头分布、地层分布、地层压力测试数据以及地层水化学分析数据的基础上,采用同剥压实恢复方法研究了滨北地区离心流水动力特征.根据隐露头分布的时代和位置判断了不同时期大气淋滤水下渗的位置.采用盆地水动力模拟软件Basin 2再现了滨北地区水动力场的历史演化过程,研究了不同地质历史时期淋滤水进入地层的强度和范围.采用流体势理论分析了滨北地区油气运聚规律,认为丰体坳陷区水动力以压实水为主,油气由盆地中心向盆地边缘运移;盆地边缘地区受淋滤水影响,局部改变油气运移方向或使已形成的油气藏降解.     

不同动力学机制共同制约下的储层压实效应特征——以塔里木盆地库车坳陷白垩系储层研究为例

在垂向压实和侧向压实的双重动力学机制叠加下, 库车坳陷白垩系碎屑岩储层展现出的压实效应, 无法用传统单一的垂向压实理论来解释.通过详实的成岩特征显微统计分析, 梳理出了垂向(埋深)压实和侧向(构造)压实分别对于研究层段的压实效应.研究层段的压实效应主要由垂向压实造成, 侧向压实造成的压实效应相对较弱; 侧向压实减孔量占总压实减孔量的比例并不与构造应力本身的大小呈明显的正比关系, 侧向构造应力施压的时间与储层垂向埋藏压实程度之间的时间配置关系、构造挤压应力的大小等因素严重制约着构造应力对于储层的侧向压实效应.     

储层压实作用和胶结作用的压力响应特征

为了在发育异常高压沉积盆地的中深层进行有效的油气勘探,综合运用薄片、岩心常规、粒度分析、SEM等分析化验资料,探讨了渤中凹陷西北次凹储层压实作用和胶结作用的压力响应特征。得到了异常高压对机械压实具有抑制作用的有力证据。证实了不同胶结物类型有不同的压力响应特征。研究认为,每超静水压力7 MPa的异常高压可保存约2.0%原生孔隙。胶结强度的压力响应特征呈斜坡状:1陡坡段,远离高压界面的常压带→高压界面外280 m,胶结强度迅速增强,以弱胶结为特征,胶结物以自生黏土矿物为主,约占总胶结物的85%;2缓坡段,高压界面外280 m→异常高压带,胶结强度缓慢增大,以强—中胶结为特征,胶结物以碳酸盐为主,约占总胶结物的75%以上。在高压界面附近的常压带,碳酸盐胶结作用的压力响应厚度比自生黏土矿物的响应厚度小,前者约280 m,后者430 m。研究区原生孔隙与渗透率具有较好相关性,相关系数可达0.77,表明原生孔隙发育的砂岩是优质储层。研究结果可为在异常高压发育的盆地中深层寻找优质储层提供理论依据。