Coupled modeling of damage growth and permeability variation in brittle rocks

This paper presents a coupled model for anisotropic damage and permeability evolution by using a micro–macro approach. The damage state is represented by a second order tensor. The evolution of damage is determined from a crack propagation criterion. The free enthalpy function of cracked material is obtained by using micromechanical considerations. It is assumed that cracks exhibit normal aperture which is coupled with the crack growth due to asperities of crack faces. By using Darcy’s law for macroscopic fluid flow and assuming laminar flow in microcracks, the overall permeability of the RVE is obtained by a volume averaging procedure taking into account crack aperture in each orientation.     

A two scale model of porous rocks with Drucker-Prager matrix: Application to a sandstone

The present paper is devoted to a micromechanical model of porous rocks and its application to a sandstone. This original model takes advantage of a recent homogenization-based macroscopic yield function which couples Drucker-Prager type plasticity of the solid matrix and evolving porosity. Its formulation and implementation are described. Application to a Vosges sandstone shows that, except for very low confining pressures for which the mechanical behavior is quasi-brittle, the model predicts well the ductile behavior at moderate or high confining pressures (for which the pore collapse mechanism is expected to play a dominant role).     

影响含硫化物的地下工程围岩中锚固体系侵蚀的主要因素研究(英文)

采用复合式衬砌的隧道及地下工程,锚喷支护系统的耐久性直接影响结构的稳定性和运营年限。锚杆主体属于钢构件,极易遭受侵蚀。从采用复合式衬砌的隧道及地下工程的结构特点可知,对于一定形式的锚杆,所遭受的侵蚀作用主要取决于锚杆与来自围岩的侵蚀性地下水的相互作用。本文探讨了含硫化物围岩中影响锚杆侵蚀的主要因素,描述了侵蚀性地下水的形成,以及锚杆侵蚀作用的物理化学机理,并提出了基于此机理的含硫化物围岩中锚杆使用年限的估算方法。     

Predicting the Capillary Imbibition of Porous Rocks from Microstructure

The kinetics of capillary imbibition into porous rocks is studied experimentally and theoretically. The Washburn law is modified by introducing various corrections relating to the microstructure of the rocks, such as tortuosity, pore shape (obtained experimentally), and applying the effective medium approximation (EMA) in order to calculate the effective radius that defines the hydraulic conductance and the topology of the capillary imbibition. The application of the EMA shows that capillary imbibition is mainly produced in 1-D, and the pore structure is constituted by different pore throats in series, linked by chamber pores. The capillary process has been discussed as a function of their petrography and pore structure. Our study of the Washburn equation and the addition of correction factors for the pore structure allows a very accurate prediction of the weight rate.     

GEOCHRONOLOGY OF WANYANGSHAN-ZHUGUANGSHAN GRANITOID BATHOLITH:IMPLICATION FOR THE CRUST DEVELOPMENT

Single-grain zircon U-Pb analyses, combined with Sm--Nd, Rb--Sr, K--Ar and ~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar datingresults, suggest that there are four magmatic periods in Wanyangshan--Zhuguangshan granitoidbatholith, i.e. late Caledonian (414--434 Ma), Indosinian (220 Ma), middle Yanshanian (155 Ma)and late Yanshanian (105 Ma). The tectonic movement characterized by the unconformablecontact between Mid--Devonian and Pre--Devonian occurred about 380 Ma ago. Magmation istightly related to the regional crustal movement.     

The Selective Flux of Sulfur and Implications for Magmatic Sulfur Isotope Fractionation

The selective flux of sulfur during magma emplacement is proposed to explain some abnormal δ³⁴S data from granitic and basaltic rocks. It is assumed that on the one hand a quasi-equilibrium isotope fractionation exists between sulfate and sulfide during magma cooling, and on the other hand a non-equilibrium fractionation occurs between the fluxed sulfur and the magmatic sulfur. The results show that at high fO₂, ³⁴S is preferably enriched in sulfate with decreasing temperature, without a corresponding depletion of sulfide in ³⁴S. The δ³⁴S value of solidified rocks is then significantly shifted in the positive direction due to the selective degassing or assimilation. Conversely, at low fO₂, ³⁴S is preferably depleted in sulfide as temperature declines, while a corresponding ³⁴S-enrichment in sulfate does not occur. As a consequence, δ³⁴S value of the rocks is driver in the negative direction.     

Isotopenverdünnungsanalytische Multielementanalyse mit der Funkenquellen-Massenspektrographie

Es wird ein Verfahren zur Isotopenverdünnungsanalyse mit stabilen Isotopen unter Verwendung einer Funkenionenquelle und einem doppelfokussierenden Massenspektrographen beschrieben, welches die gleichzeitige Analyse mehrerer Elemente in pulverförmigen Feststoffen erlaubt.

Die Leistungsfähigkeit des Analysenverfahrens wild am Beispiel der Spurenanalyse geologischer Standardproben demonstriert.

Das Analysenverfahren erlaubt die Bestimmung von Spurenkonzentrationen bis in den ppb-Bereich mit Standardabweichungen zwischen 2 und 10%.     

Determining NMR flow propagator moments in porous rocks without the influence of relaxation

Flow propagators, used for the study of advective motion of brine solution in porous carbonate and sandstone rocks, have been obtained without the influence of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) relaxation times, T₁ and T₂. These spin relaxation mechanisms normally result in a loss of signal that varies depending on the displacement ζ of the flowing spins, thereby preventing the acquisition of quantitative propagator data. The full relaxation behaviour of the system under flow needs to be characterised to enable the implementation of a true quantitative measurement. Two-dimensional NMR correlations of ζ − T₂ and T₁ − T₂ are used in combination to provide the flow propagators without relaxation weighting. T₁ − ζ correlations cannot be used due to the loss of T₁ information during the displacement observation time Δ. Here the moments of the propagators are extracted by statistical analysis of the full propagator shape. The measured displacements (first moments) are seen to correlate with the expected mean displacements for long observation times Δ. The higher order moments of the propagators determined by this method indicate those obtained previously using a correction were overestimated.     

A rapid measurement of flow propagators in porous rocks

NMR flow propagators have been obtained for brine flowing through Bentheimer sandstone using the rapid DiffTrain pulse sequence. In this way, 8 flow propagators at different observation times Delta were acquired in 67 mins, compared to 7 h for the same measurements implemented with conventional pulsed field gradient (PFG) sequences. DiffTrain allows this time saving to be achieved through the acquisition of multiple displacement probability distributions over a range of Delta in a single measurement. If only the propagator moments are required, this experiment time can be further reduced to 9 mins through appropriate sparse sampling at low q values. The propagator moments obtained from DiffTrain measurements with dense and sparse q-space sampling are shown to be equivalent to those obtained from conventional PFG measurements.     

Thallium fractionation in polluted environmental samples using a modified BCR three-step sequential extraction procedure and its determination by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

Determination of thallium in polluted environmental samples and their extracts obtained by a modified BCR three-step sequential extraction procedure was used to study thallium distribution and mobility in the monitored polluted area affected by acidification (Šobov, Central Slovakia). The results of fractionation applied to 5 soil certified reference materials and 14 environmental samples show that the vast majority of thallium occurred in the residual fraction. This means that highly toxic thallium is strongly entrapped in the parent rock materials remains immobile and its environmental toxicity is therefore reduced. The limit of detection for thallium in the studied fractions was lower than 0.050 mg kg⁻¹, the precision (RSD) of the ultratrace determination of thallium in the studied fractions was better than 17 % and the accuracy of the used method was verified by analyzing certified reference materials. Presented at the XVIIIth Slovak Spectroscopic Conference, Spišská Nová Ves, 15–18 October 2006.