Unconventional Energy Resources: 2007–2008 Review

This paper summarizes five 2007–2008 resource commodity committee reports prepared by the Energy Minerals Division (EMD) of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Current United States and global research and development activities related to gas hydrates, gas shales, geothermal resources, oil sands, and uranium resources are included in this review. These commodity reports were written to advise EMD leadership and membership of the current status of research and development of unconventional energy resources. Unconventional energy resources are defined as those resources other than conventional oil and natural gas that typically occur in sandstone and carbonate rocks. Gas hydrate resources are potentially enormous; however, production technologies are still under development. Gas shale, geothermal, oil sand, and uranium resources are now increasing targets of exploration and development, and are rapidly becoming important energy resources that will continue to be developed in the future.

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深水连续刚构桥地震响应分析

本文探讨连续刚构桥在深水中地震响应的特性.首先建立了地震作用下深水桥梁的运动方程,简要阐述了该运动方程的求解方法,应用该运动方程,对一座桥墩淹没水深168m的连续刚构桥进行了地震响应分析,考察了在纵向、横向激励作用下桥墩的内力响应和位移响应特征,探讨了矩形空心截面桥墩内域水、外域水对桥墩地震响应的影响,结果表明,由于墩-水相互作用,桥墩的位移和内力响应均有明显增大,对于矩形空心墩,内域水和外域水的影响应同时计入.     

Lattice-Boltzmann simulations of the capillary pressure–saturation–interfacial area relationship for porous media

Hysteresis in the relationship between capillary pressure (P_c), wetting phase saturation (S_w) and nonwetting–wetting interfacial area per volume (a_nw) is investigated using multiphase lattice-Boltzmann simulations of drainage and imbibition in a glass bead porous system. In order to validate the simulations, the P_c–S_w and a_nw–S_w main hysteresis loops were compared to experimental data reported by Culligan et al. [Culligan KA, Wildenschild D, Christensen BS, Gray WG, Rivers ML, Tompson AB. Interfacial area measurements for unsaturated flow through porous media. Water Resour Res 2004;40:W12413]. In general, the comparison shows that the simulations are reliable and capture the important physical processes in the experimental system. P_c–S_w curves, a_nw–S_w curves and phase distributions (within the pores) show good agreement during drainage, but less satisfactory agreement during imbibition. Drainage and imbibition scanning curves were simulated in order to construct P_c–S_w–a_nw surfaces. The root mean squared error (RMSE) and mean absolute error (MAE) between drainage and imbibition surfaces was 0.10 mm⁻¹ and 0.03 mm⁻¹, respectively. This small difference indicates that hysteresis is virtually nonexistent in the P_c–S_w–a_nw relationship for the multiphase system studied here. Additionally, a surface was fit to the main loop (excluding scanning curves) of the drainage and imbibition P_c–S_w–a_nw data and compared to the surface fit to all of the data. The differences between these two surfaces were small (RMSE = 0.05 mm⁻¹ and MAE = 0.01 mm⁻¹) indicating that the P_c–S_w–a_nw surface is adequately represented without the need for the scanning curve data, which greatly reduces the amount of data required to construct the non-hysteretic P_c–S_w–a_nw surface for this data.     

Pressure-resistant instruments

Prospects of using case-free pressure-resistant instruments for geophysical work and marine research are briefly considered.     

乐都台气氡资料的分析

简要总结了乐都地震台水氡观测资料的利用价值、存在的问题,并对存在的问题进行了客观分析。乐都地震台的水氡观测改为断层气观测后,对气氡观测值的年变规律、地表水与地下水、地下水与承压水的水力联系进行了分析。     

基于性能的结构抗风设计理论框架

提出了基于性能的结构抗风设计理论框架,将风压强度划分为4个设计风压等级（弱风压、中风压、强风压及超强风压）,将人体振动舒适度划分为6个等级（无振感、轻微振感、中等振感、烦恼、非常烦恼和无法忍受）、三种振动水平（与人的舒适感相关的振动水平、与人正常工作和操作有关的振动水平、与人的生理健康直接相关的振动水平）。结合不同类别建筑物的性能需求及人体振动舒适度的要求,将结构风振性能水准划分为4种状态（性能健康、性能亚健康、性能病态及性能丧失）,将结构风振性能目标划分为5个等级（A、B、C、D、E）。提出了结构抗风概念设计与计算分析的一般原则,给出了结构性能抗风安全性评价及社会经济评价基本内容的建议。     

深部高应力软岩动压巷道加固技术研究

为解决深部软岩高应力动压巷道维护的技术难题,针对孔庄矿-620软岩大巷处高应力区、受上方7335水采工作面、8331综采工作面采动以及断层影响的特征,分析其破坏状况和因素,模拟研究了采动影响前后大巷变形规律,掌握大巷应力状态变化规律及影响区域,提出大巷加固思想,优化加固方案,确定了合理加固参数。研究成果表明,采用锚网索喷+锚注联合支护技术,利用新型专利注浆锚杆,对大巷周围2 m范围注浆,能够有效控制大巷变形。进行井下工业性试验,通过注浆前后围岩力学性质对比、实摄及矿压观测手段检测,结果表明-620大巷变形破坏得到了有效的控制。     

饱和软黏土地基静压管桩承载力时间效应试验研究

对饱和软黏土地基中的静压管桩进行隔时复压试验发现,复压起动压桩力在沉桩25 d后的增长幅度达2.5倍以上,且前期增长较快而后期较慢。理论分析及试验对比证明,利用隔时复压起动压力作为静压桩极限承载力是合理的,而且可以观察到承载力短期内的变化,是进行承载力时效性研究的有效试验途径,分析后认为承载力的增长主要是由于桩侧黏土抗剪强度的提高所致。通过修正得到黏土层桩侧单位面积侧阻力的增长曲线,回归分析得出3种不同的预测公式,对比发现基于对数函数的预测表达式更接近实际情况。     

某码头软黏土岸坡破坏机制分析及重建

在某吹填软黏土岸坡上修建码头时发生了较大规模的滑坡,待滑体稳定后采取了一系列的工程措施,实现了码头的重建。详细阐述了岸坡发生滑动的全过程,通过现场勘察和有限元模拟分析了岸坡发生滑动破坏的原因。分别考虑了打桩与交通荷载作用,导致地基土中产生超静孔压,从而对岸坡的稳定性造成影响。分析结果表明,岸坡发生失稳破坏是多种不利工况叠加的结果,其主要原因是在低潮位时的超挖引起的,打桩及交通荷载作用也是造成滑坡的不利因素。在破坏的岸坡上重建码头,采用了振动砂桩加固地基,同时在地表铺碎石垫层作为预压荷载,加速地基土的固结。有限元分析和码头的成功重建表明,使用砂桩加固地基可以同时达到提高地基承载力和加速土体排水固结的目的,对于码头的重建是有效的技术措施。     

刚性挡土墙主动土压力计算方法的改进

采用库仑土压力理论的假设：挡土墙土压力是由墙后填土在极限平衡状态下出现的滑动楔体产生,在该滑动楔体上沿竖向取水平薄层作为微分单元体,通过作用在单元体上的水平力、竖向力,建立挡土墙上土压力分布的基本分析方程,结合整个滑楔体的力矩平衡条件,先确定土侧压力系数、再建立土压力分布和土压力合力及作用点高度的理论公式。算例计算值与实测值吻合很好,这表明该方法不仅可行,而且可靠。