Differential form and numerical implementation of Biot’s poroelasticity equations with squirt dissipation

The squirt-flow wave attenuation mechanism is implemented in Biot's theory of poroelasticity in the form of differential equations. All the stiffnesses involved in the stress-strain relation become complex and frequency dependent, which can exactly be expressed in terms of kernels based on the...

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Main Authors: Carcione, J., Gurevich, Boris
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Published: Society of Exploration Geophysics 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29179
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Gurevich, Boris
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description The squirt-flow wave attenuation mechanism is implemented in Biot's theory of poroelasticity in the form of differential equations. All the stiffnesses involved in the stress-strain relation become complex and frequency dependent, which can exactly be expressed in terms of kernels based on the Zener mechanical model. In the time domain, this approach implies time convolutions, which are circumvented by introducing memory variables. The differential equations are consistent with Gassmann's and Mavko-Jizba equations at low and high frequencies, respectively. All the coefficients in the poro-viscoelastic differential equations have a clear physical meaning and can be obtained or estimated from independent measurements. The key additional parameters are the dry-rock bulk modulus at a confining pressure where all the compliant pores are closed, i.e., a hypothetical rock without the soft porosity, the grain-contact aspect ratio and the compliant porosity. We recasted the wave equation in the particle-velocity/stress formulation and solved it by using a time-splitting technique and the Fourier pseudospectral method to compute the spatial derivatives. The algorithm can be used to obtain synthetic wave fields in inhomogeneous media.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-291792017-09-13T15:52:26Z Differential form and numerical implementation of Biot’s poroelasticity equations with squirt dissipation Carcione, J. Gurevich, Boris compressional wave (P-wave) attenuation modeling wave propagation rock physics The squirt-flow wave attenuation mechanism is implemented in Biot's theory of poroelasticity in the form of differential equations. All the stiffnesses involved in the stress-strain relation become complex and frequency dependent, which can exactly be expressed in terms of kernels based on the Zener mechanical model. In the time domain, this approach implies time convolutions, which are circumvented by introducing memory variables. The differential equations are consistent with Gassmann's and Mavko-Jizba equations at low and high frequencies, respectively. All the coefficients in the poro-viscoelastic differential equations have a clear physical meaning and can be obtained or estimated from independent measurements. The key additional parameters are the dry-rock bulk modulus at a confining pressure where all the compliant pores are closed, i.e., a hypothetical rock without the soft porosity, the grain-contact aspect ratio and the compliant porosity. We recasted the wave equation in the particle-velocity/stress formulation and solved it by using a time-splitting technique and the Fourier pseudospectral method to compute the spatial derivatives. The algorithm can be used to obtain synthetic wave fields in inhomogeneous media. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29179 10.1190/geo2010-0169.1 Society of Exploration Geophysics fulltext
spellingShingle compressional wave (P-wave)
attenuation
modeling
wave propagation
rock physics
Carcione, J.
Gurevich, Boris
Differential form and numerical implementation of Biot’s poroelasticity equations with squirt dissipation
title Differential form and numerical implementation of Biot’s poroelasticity equations with squirt dissipation
title_full Differential form and numerical implementation of Biot’s poroelasticity equations with squirt dissipation
title_fullStr Differential form and numerical implementation of Biot’s poroelasticity equations with squirt dissipation
title_full_unstemmed Differential form and numerical implementation of Biot’s poroelasticity equations with squirt dissipation
title_short Differential form and numerical implementation of Biot’s poroelasticity equations with squirt dissipation
title_sort differential form and numerical implementation of biot’s poroelasticity equations with squirt dissipation
topic compressional wave (P-wave)
attenuation
modeling
wave propagation
rock physics
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29179