基于COMSOL的脆性材料相场断裂模型

相场法通过一系列微分方程描述材料断裂过程,避免了繁琐的裂纹面追踪,在模拟裂纹的萌生、扩展和分叉等方面具有优势。介绍了基于相场法的脆性材料断裂模型,给出了脆性材料断裂问题相场法控制方程的推导过程,提出了基于分步迭代法在COMSOL中实现脆性材料相场断裂模型的方法。再现了脆性材料单元模型和单边缺口平板受拉及受剪作用下的开裂过程,模拟的裂纹扩展路径与已有文献的结果相近,验证了程序的合理性。针对脆性材料相场断裂模型包含的诸多参数,采用Morris法对影响荷载-位移关系的脆性材料断裂模型参数进行了全局敏感性分析,结果表明,杨氏模量(E)、临界能量释放率(G_c)和位移增量(Δu_x)是影响模型荷载-位移关系输出结果的主要参数。基于COMSOL实现的相场断裂模型能够有效模拟脆性材料的裂纹萌生和扩展断裂过程,模型参数E,G_c和Δu_x对材料断裂性能的提升或模型参数反演效率的提高具有重要影响。     

Using magnesium oxide nanoparticles in a magnetic field to enhance oil production from oil-wet carbonate reservoirs

Enhanced oil production can maximise yield from depleted reservoirs, and in the face of dwindling global oil reserves can reduce the need for exploratory drilling during the transition away from fossil fuels. A hybrid technique, merging a magnetic field (MF) and magnesium oxide (MgO) nanoparticles (NPs), was investigated as a potential method of enhancing oil production from oil-wet carbonate reservoirs. The impact of this hybrid technique on rock wettability, zeta potential, and interfacial tension was also investigated. Displacement experiments were carried out on oil-wet Austin chalk – a laboratory carbonate rock analogue – using MgO NPs in deionized water (DW) and salt water (SW), in the presence of an MF up to 6000 G in strength. It was found that the addition of MgO NPs to DW before the spontaneous imbibition of the solution into initially oil-wet rock samples increased the recovery factor (RF, defined as the volume of oil recovered divided by the initial oil in place). For 0.005 wt% and 0.0025 wt% MgO NPs mixed in DW, the RF was 12.5% and 15.9% respectively. When DW was replaced with SW as the imbibing fluid, the RF increased by a further 0.7% of initial oil in place for the 0.0025 wt% MgO NPs. This additional increase in oil recovery was attributed to the presence of potential determining ions, which made the rock more water-wet. To avoid pore-clogging and thus the limited ingress of the solution into the rock, the NPs’ concentration was kept low. This hybrid technique is a cleaner alternative to conventional enhanced oil recovery techniques and will enable oil industries to produce oil more efficiently from existing reservoirs: when used in conjunction with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), this provides a useful short to medium-term option to support energy production during the transition to net zero.     

基于断裂力学的高寒地区边坡危岩体稳定性分析

高寒地区露天矿山中的危岩体受冻融作用影响时常发生滑塌，为保障露天矿山企业持续生产，对矿山靠帮边坡中存在的危岩体进行基于断裂力学的稳定性分析。以高寒地区某露天矿山为工程背景，分析冻融循环对工程影响，首先建立不同时间点温度场，结合温度场提出一种方法来判定冻融深度是否能影响主控结构面产生冻胀力。引入最大周向应力准则对坡体中出现的拉裂缝进行分析，进而推导出安全系数表示方法。以反倾岩质边坡为研究主体，将边坡危岩体拆分为n个潜在不稳定的近似矩形岩体，并基于此建立考虑冻胀力、裂隙水压力与重力共同作用的断裂力学边坡稳定性计算方法。针对相应算例，通过该方法计算得到分割后各岩体的安全系数，并发现冻胀力对岩体稳定性有一定程度影响，结合工程实际验证了提出方法的可行性。最后结合相关危岩稳定性评价标准，针对不同岩体稳定性情况提供相应治理措施。     

The first Raman spectroscopic study of San rock art in the Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park,South Africa

San rock art sites are found throughout southern Africa; unfortunately this unique heritage is rapidly being lost through natural weathering processes, which have been the focus of various studies conducted in the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park since 1992. It has recently been shown that the ability of Raman spectroscopy to identify salts on rock faces on a micro, as well as nano scale, can make a contribution to these projects. In order to test the feasibility of undertaking on‐site analyses, a small rock fragment with red and white pigments still attached, which had weathered off the rock face, was analysed with Raman spectroscopy under laboratory conditions, using a Dilor XY Raman instrument and a DeltaNu Inspector Raman portable instrument. A small sample of black pigment (<1 mm²), collected from a badly deteriorated painting and a few relevant samples collected on site, were analysed as well. It was possible to identify most of the inorganic pigments and minerals detected with previous XRD and EDX measurements including whewellite and weddellite coatings, which could be a tool for carbon dating purposes. Two carotenoid pigments were detected for the first time in San rock art pigments. Animal fat was also observed for the first time on both red and white pigments, on the rock face adjacent to the paintings and in highest concentrations on the back of the rock fragment. The spectra quality makes successful on‐site measurements a good prospect. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.