Pore scale numerical modeling of elastic wave dispersion and attenuation in periodic systems of alternating solid and viscous fluid layers

Numerical pore-scale simulation of elastic wave propagation is an emerging tool in the analysis of static and dynamic elastic properties of porous materials. Rotated staggered-grid (RSG) finite difference method has proved to be particularly effective in modeling porous media saturated with ideal fl...

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Main Authors: Ciz, Radim, Saenger, E., Gurevich, Boris
Format: Journal Article
Published: Acoustical Society of America 2006
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6643
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Saenger, E.
Gurevich, Boris
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Saenger, E.
Gurevich, Boris
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description Numerical pore-scale simulation of elastic wave propagation is an emerging tool in the analysis of static and dynamic elastic properties of porous materials. Rotated staggered-grid (RSG) finite difference method has proved to be particularly effective in modeling porous media saturated with ideal fluids. Recently this method has been extended to viscoelastic (Maxwell) media, which allows simulation of wave propagation in porous solids saturated with Newtonian fluids. To evaluate the capability of the viscoelastic RSG algorithm in modeling wave dispersion and attenuation we perform numerical simulations for an idealized porous medium, namely a periodic system of alternating solid and viscous fluid layers. Simulations are performed for a single frequency of 50 kHz (for shear waves) and 500 kHz (for compressional waves) and a large range of fluid viscosities. The simulation results show excellent agreement with the theoretical predictions.Specifically the simulations agree with the prediction of Biot's theory of poroelasticity at lower viscosities and with the viscoelastic dissipation at higher viscosities. The finite-difference discretization is required to be sufficiently fine for the appropriate sampling of the viscous boundary layer to achieve accurate simulations at the low values of viscosity. This is an additional accuracy condition for finite-difference simulations in viscoelastic media. 2006 Acoustical Society of America.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-66432017-09-13T16:01:43Z Pore scale numerical modeling of elastic wave dispersion and attenuation in periodic systems of alternating solid and viscous fluid layers Ciz, Radim Saenger, E. Gurevich, Boris Numerical pore-scale simulation of elastic wave propagation is an emerging tool in the analysis of static and dynamic elastic properties of porous materials. Rotated staggered-grid (RSG) finite difference method has proved to be particularly effective in modeling porous media saturated with ideal fluids. Recently this method has been extended to viscoelastic (Maxwell) media, which allows simulation of wave propagation in porous solids saturated with Newtonian fluids. To evaluate the capability of the viscoelastic RSG algorithm in modeling wave dispersion and attenuation we perform numerical simulations for an idealized porous medium, namely a periodic system of alternating solid and viscous fluid layers. Simulations are performed for a single frequency of 50 kHz (for shear waves) and 500 kHz (for compressional waves) and a large range of fluid viscosities. The simulation results show excellent agreement with the theoretical predictions.Specifically the simulations agree with the prediction of Biot's theory of poroelasticity at lower viscosities and with the viscoelastic dissipation at higher viscosities. The finite-difference discretization is required to be sufficiently fine for the appropriate sampling of the viscous boundary layer to achieve accurate simulations at the low values of viscosity. This is an additional accuracy condition for finite-difference simulations in viscoelastic media. 2006 Acoustical Society of America. 2006 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6643 10.1121/1.2216687 Acoustical Society of America fulltext
spellingShingle Ciz, Radim
Saenger, E.
Gurevich, Boris
Pore scale numerical modeling of elastic wave dispersion and attenuation in periodic systems of alternating solid and viscous fluid layers
title Pore scale numerical modeling of elastic wave dispersion and attenuation in periodic systems of alternating solid and viscous fluid layers
title_full Pore scale numerical modeling of elastic wave dispersion and attenuation in periodic systems of alternating solid and viscous fluid layers
title_fullStr Pore scale numerical modeling of elastic wave dispersion and attenuation in periodic systems of alternating solid and viscous fluid layers
title_full_unstemmed Pore scale numerical modeling of elastic wave dispersion and attenuation in periodic systems of alternating solid and viscous fluid layers
title_short Pore scale numerical modeling of elastic wave dispersion and attenuation in periodic systems of alternating solid and viscous fluid layers
title_sort pore scale numerical modeling of elastic wave dispersion and attenuation in periodic systems of alternating solid and viscous fluid layers
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6643