Abstract: | The dependence of the flow properties of rocks on the conditions under which they are loaded is one of the least studied questions in the general problem of the connection between the physical properties of porous systems and the loads acting on them. The experimental l] and theoretical 2, 3] studies so far made have dealt primarily with the dependence of the permeability of oil and gas collector rocks on the hydrostatic compression to which they are subjected. In the present paper, a connection is established between the parameters of a nonuniform anisotropic load and the permeability tensor of rock.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 173–177, January–February, 1984. |