PERMEABILITY OF UNCONSOLIDATED SANDS AND POROUS ROCKS
PERMEABILITY OF UNCONSOLIDATED SANDS AND POROUS ROCKS
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DOI:
10.1029/jb090ib04p03099
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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GANGI, AF
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GANGI, AF
Krumbein and Monk found an empirical relationship for the permeability of unconsolidated sand as a function of the mean grain diameter (by weight)dwand the standard deviation σϕ(ϕ = −log2dfordin millimeters). Their expression, for lognormal grain size distributions, isk= 760dw2exp (−1.31σϕ) fordwin millimeters, σϕin ϕ units, andkin darcys. Their data have been reanalyzed to express the permeability in terms of the mean grain diameter by number,dN. This representation is a more physical one because the permeability depends upon the number of pores of particular sizes (i.e., upon the number distribution function of pore sizes). It is expected that the pore size distribution function (by number) is more closely related to the grain size distribution function by number than to the grain size distribution function by weight. It was found that equally good fits of all their data are given byk= 665dN2exp (1.78σϕ3) = 665dw2exp (−2.88 σϕ2+ 1.78σϕ3) andk= 648dN2(1 + 2.77σϕ3).It was found that the expressionk= 735dN2gives permeability values that are accurate to 10% for loose, unconsolidated sands (porosity ≅ ≎ 40%±5%) with standard deviation σϕin the range 0 ≤ σϕ≤ 0.5. These results may be applied to porous rocks if Berg's semitheoretical/empirical determination of the permeability variation with porosity is used (for porosities in the range 30% ≤n≤ 45%). An expression for the theoretical variation of permeability with effective confining pressure is also given.