Effective medium method of slightly compressible elastic media permeated with air-filled bubbles

An effective medium method is developed for the slightly compressible elastic media permeated with air-filled bubbles, according to the nonlinear oscillation of the bubble, which happens when compressional wave travels through the porous media. The effective Lame coefficients of the porous medium and the nonlinear elastic wave equation are deduced, based on the fact that the micro-unit of the effective medium should have the same stress and strain as the micro-unit of the porous media. The linearized properties obtained by this method are in good agreement with the results of Gaunaurd’s classic theory [Gaunaurd G.C. and überall H., J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 1978, 63: 1699–1711]. Furthermore, the nonlinear coefficient, which is an important property of the porous media, can also be acquired by this method. __________ Translated from Acta Acustica, 2006 (in Chinese) (in press)     

流体-孔隙介质圆柱界面波传播特性

研究流体-孔隙介质圆柱界面波传播特性,分析孔隙介质孔隙率等参数对频散曲线的影响。理论上建立了无限大流体包裹孔隙介质圆柱界面波的模型,利用孔隙介质弹性波动理论,通过数值模拟计算得到流体-孔隙介质圆柱的频散曲线及时域波形,并分析了孔隙介质为开孔和闭孔状态下孔隙介质圆柱半径、孔隙率及渗透率对频散曲线的影响。结果表明,时域上斯通利波可以被明显区分开,孔隙介质圆柱半径的变化改变了圆柱尺度,孔隙率的变化改变了孔隙介质的纵、横波波速,因此对于斯通利波频散曲线的影响较大。而渗透率的变化既不改变圆柱的尺度也不改变孔隙层的纵、横波速度,因此对斯通利波频散曲线影响较小。      

被孔隙介质约束的弹性杆中的导波*

为了研究导波在被孔隙介质约束的弹性杆结构中的传播规律,分析孔隙参数对导波传播特性的影响,本文建立了无限大孔隙介质包裹圆柱体的理论模型,利用孔隙介质弹性波动理论,分析了导波的频散曲线,以及圆柱半径和孔隙参数对于导波传播特性的影响。结果表明,在该结构中传播的纵向导波存在频散特性。内部圆柱半径的改变影响波导结构,从而影响导波传播。外部孔隙介质的渗透率对于导波频散的影响较小,孔隙度的改变影响孔隙介质体波波速,从而影响导波频散曲线的截止频率。同时,导波存在较小的衰减,且衰减随孔隙度增大而增大。这些结果对于后续开展无限大介质包裹弹性杆结构的超声无损评价提供了一定的理论参考。     

Interface wave propagation characteristics of liquid-immersed porous cylinder

This paper devotes to investigate the propagation characteristics of the interface wave on the liquid-immersed porous cylinder, and special emphasis is paid on the dependence of the dispersion relation on the porous media parameters. A model of liquid-immersed porous cylinder is established theoretically. Based on the elastic-dynamic theory of liquid-saturated porous solid and wave theory, the dispersion curves and transient response of open-pores and sealed-pores are simulated numerically, and their dependence on the cylinder radius and porous medium parameters are analyzed. The results show that the Stoneley-Scholte wave can be clearly distinguished with other waves in the time domain, and the Stoneley-Scholte wave dispersion relates intimately with the porosity of the porous medium and cylinder radius, whilst the permeability of the media has little effect on the dispersion property.     

Computer modeling of the dynamics of high-velocity impact and accompanying physical phenomena

Some results of mathematical modeling of high-velocity collisions of solid deformable bodies are presented. A model is presented of a porous elastoplastic medium whose matrix undergoes a polymorphic phase transition during deformation, and approaches to the calculation of dynamical failure are examined. Finite-difference methods for solving boundary-value problems are briefly reviewed. The interaction of projectiles, having different shape, with different targets (semiinfinite, two-layer, separated) is investigated and the process of spall failure in porous media and media undergoing a polymorphic phase transition is examined on the basis of mathematical modeling.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 8, pp. 5–48, August, 1992.     

孔隙介质包裹的充液管道结构中导波传播特性

研究孔隙介质包裹的充液管道中纵向导波传播特性,分析孔隙介质参数对频散曲线的影响。建立了孔隙介质包裹充液管道的结构模型,利用孔隙介质弹性波动理论,建立对应的频散方程,数值模拟计算得到该模型的频散曲线和时域波形,并分析了孔隙介质参数以及管壁厚度对频散曲线的影响。结果表明孔隙介质的渗透率对于导波频散的影响较小,孔隙度的改变对时域波形的位移幅度影响较大。同时,导波存在衰减,且衰减随孔隙度增大而增大。所得结论为埋地管道无损检测方面提供一定理论参考。      

Reflection and transmission of acoustic waves on multilayered porous media

Based on the Boit theory of acoustic wave propagation in fluid-satu-rated porous medium we have studied in this paper the acoustic reflection andtransmission on multilayered porous media,in which the adequate boundaryconditions across the interfaces are taken into account.Numerical calculationsof the reflection and transmission coefficients at different incident angles andfrequencies of the fast compressional wave incident on porous media with threeor four layers are presented.The results indicate that the maximum or mini-mum reflection and transmission coefficients appear at certain ratios of thewavelength to the thickness.The acoustic incident angle and porous mediumproperties are shown to affect significantly these coefficients.As an example,the measured transmission coefficients in a water-saturated fused glass beadsample are in good agreement with theoretical prediction.     

The role of surface tension in elastic wave scattering in an inhomogeneous poroelastic medium

It is well known that many porous media such as rocks have heterogeneities at nearly all scales. We applied Biot's poroelastic theory to study the propagation of elastic waves in isotropic porous matrix with spherical inclusions. It is assumed that the heterogeneity dimension exceeds significantly the pore size. Modified boundary conditions on poroelastic interface are used to take into account the surface tension effects. The effective wavenumber is calculated using the Waterman and Truell multiple scattering theory, which relates the effective wave number to the amplitude of the wave field scattered by a single inclusion. The calculations were performed for a medium containing fluid-filled cavities or porous inclusions contrasting in saturating fluid elastic properties. The results obtained show that when we consider elastic wave propagation in poroelastic medium containing soft inclusions, it is necessary to take into account the capillary pressure. The influence of the surface tension depends on the diffraction parameter and it is a maximum in the low frequency range.     

气孔分布特性对含水多孔介质气体扩散的影响

本文基于多孔介质的气孔分布特性,计算了多孔介质在含水状态下的扩散性能,并且比较了采用两种方式计算相对渗透率时的相对扩散性能。其结果表明,基于气孔分布的计算结果低于与气孔分布无关的计算结果。另外,疏水性含水多孔介质的扩散性能低于亲水性含水多孔介质的扩散性能,基于气孔分布计算含水多孔介质的气体扩散性能时,Wyllie公式并不适用。     

基于格子Boltzmann大密度比模型的多孔介质内气泡动力学行为数值模拟

基于格子Boltzmann两相流大密度模型，研究气泡穿过多孔介质的动力学行为。研究发现：当孔隙率较大时，气泡只变形不破裂，能完整地通过多孔介质；而孔隙率较小时，气泡变形更加剧烈且发生破裂，穿过多孔介质所需的时间更长。另外，当障碍物表面接触角（θ）较小时，气泡均能完整地通过多孔介质，随着接触角的增大，气泡开始发生破裂，且θ越大，气泡破裂越严重，通过多孔介质的气泡剩余质量越小。数值结果还表明随着Eotvos数（Eo）增大，表面张力所占比重减小，气泡破裂越严重，穿过多孔介质的气泡剩余质量越小。最后，对比发现，多孔介质润湿性对气泡剩余质量影响最大，其次是孔隙率，而Eo数的影响最小。     

Direct measurement of porous media local hydrodynamical permeability using gas MRI.

The concept of hydraulic permeability is at the core of modeling single phase or multi-phase flow in heterogeneous porous media, as it is the spatial distribution of the permeability that primarily governs the behavior of fluid flow in the medium. To date, the modeling of fluid flow in porous media has been hampered by poor estimates of local permeability. Magnetic Resonance Imaging is well known for its ability to measure non-invasively the local density and flow rate of different fluids saturating porous media [1,2]. In this paper we demonstrate the first non-invasive method for the direct measurement of a single projection of the local permeability tensor of a porous medium using gas-phase MRI. The potential for three-dimensional imaging of the medium permeability is also discussed. The limitations of the method are listed and results are presented in a model porous medium as well as in a real oil reservoir rock.     

The role of surface tension in elastic wave scattering in an inhomogeneous poroelastic medium

It is well known that many porous media such as rocks have heterogeneities at nearly all scales. We applied Biot's poroelastic theory to study the propagation of elastic waves in isotropic porous matrix with spherical inclusions. It is assumed that the heterogeneity dimension exceeds significantly the pore size. Modified boundary conditions on poroelastic interface are used to take into account the surface tension effects. The effective wavenumber is calculated using the Waterman and Truell multiple scattering theory, which relates the effective wave number to the amplitude of the wave field scattered by a single inclusion. The calculations were performed for a medium containing fluid-filled cavities or porous inclusions contrasting in saturating fluid elastic properties. The results obtained show that when we consider elastic wave propagation in poroelastic medium containing soft inclusions, it is necessary to take into account the capillary pressure. The influence of the surface tension depends on the diffraction parameter and it is a maximum in the low frequency range.     

Propagation characteristics of guided waves in a liquid filled pipe embedded in a porous medium

A model of a liquid-filled pipe embedded in a porous medium is built to research its wave propagation characteristics,and to analyze the effect of the parameters of porous media on the dispersion.The dispersion equations are established on the basis of the elastic-dynamic theory of the liquid-saturated porous solid.The characteristic of dispersion and the time domain waveform in pipes of different thicknesses and with different porous-medium parameters are discussed theoretically and numerically.Results reveal that the porosity has little impact on dispersion,and the attenuation of guided wave increases with porosity,whilst the porosity influences the displacement amplitude of the time domain waveform.It is hard to detect the permeability variation of the media by the dispersion.The drawn conclusion can provide some theoretical instruction and guidance for the nondestructive testing of buried pipe.     

流体/准饱和多孔介质中伪Scholte波的传播特性

研究流体/多孔介质界面Scholte波的传播特性对于水下勘探、地震工程等领域具有重要意义.本文基于Biot理论和等效流体模型,采用势函数方法,推导了描述有限厚度流体/准饱和多孔半空间远场界面波的特征方程和位移、孔压计算公式.在此基础上,分别以砂岩和松散沉积土为例,研究了流体/硬多孔介质和流体/软多孔介质两种情况下,可压缩流体层厚度和多孔介质饱和度对伪Scholte波传播特性的影响.结果表明：多孔介质软硬程度显著影响界面波的种类、相速度、位移和水压力分布;有限厚度流体/饱和多孔半空间界面处伪Scholte波相速度与界面波波长和流体厚度的比值有关;孔隙水中溶解的少量气体对剪切波的相速度的影响不大,对压缩波相速度、伪Scholte波相速度和孔隙水压力分布影响显著.     

Acoustic behaviour of high pressure air-filled porous media

This paper deals with the acoustic behaviour of porous media when the saturating fluid is high pressured. These observations are performed by ultrasonic transmission through a porous sample with variations of the static pressure of the saturating fluid. Previous works have experimentally demonstrated that a high frequency asymptotic equivalent fluid model allows to model the behaviour of such media for low pressure (between 0.2 and 6 bars). In this paper, in order to characterize high damping materials, measurements are performed for higher static pressure (up to 18 bars). It is shown that the behaviour of transmission coefficient and speed with pressure follows Biot’s theory. Moreover, measurements are dependant on temperature variations. Temperature variations have been accounted for in this study, but this does not explain entirely the high sensitivity of the transmission coefficient with static pressure. It remains that the mechanical properties of the porous medium vary strongly with the thermodynamic variables.     

Theory of sound propagation in superfluid-filled porous media

The theory of sound propagation in macroscopically isotropic and homogeneous porous media saturated with superfluid ⁴He has been developed neglecting all damping processes. The case when the normal fluid component is locked inside a porous medium by viscous forces is investigated in detail. It is shown that in this case one shear wave and two longitudinal, fast and slow, waves exist. Fast wave as well as slow wave is accompanied with temperature oscillations. The velocities of these waves are obtained.     

含低渗透夹层的非均质双重介质垂向干扰的精确解

本文建立了单一介质、双重介质中由两个渗透层被一个致密低渗透层隔开的多层油藏渗流的数学模型,并求得了无穷大地层的精确解和长时渐近解。利用这个解可以在双重介质层状油藏的单井、多井试井中解释压力恢复曲线、垂向干扰试井和垂向脉冲试井。