On the Applicability of Nadai and Mogi Failure Criteria to Porous Sandstones
On the Applicability of Nadai and Mogi Failure Criteria to Porous Sandstones
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论Nadai和Mogi破坏准则对多孔砂岩的适用性
DOI:
10.1007/s00603-018-1508-z
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
M. Ingraham
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作者:
Xiaodong Ma;M. Ingraham
Porous sandstones are widespread in the Earth’s crust. Their porous structure is ideal for fluid flow and storage. As such, it facilitates the formation of many oil and gas reservoirs, and is used for the disposal of waste water and CO2. Activities related to hydrocarbon extraction and waste storage induce local stress changes, and may consequently cause the sandstones to fail. Therefore, the knowledge of stress conditions leading to failure is of critical importance. A number of experimental studies have contributed to the understanding of the stress conditions leading to failure in porous sandstones. Axisymmetric tests (σ2 = σ3 or σ2 = σ1) established that failure of porous sandstones is sensitive to confinement (σ3) (e.g., Wong and Baud 2012). Analysis of axisymmetric test data in terms of principal stresses fostered the application of two-dimensional failure criteria such as Coulomb and Mohr (Jæger et al. 2007). Alternatively, analyzing failure data in terms of principal stress invariants (octahedral shear stress τoct, three-dimensional mean stress σoct, and two-dimensional mean stress σm,2) has led to threedimensional failure criteria such as Nadai (1950) [i.e., τoct = f (σoct)] and Mogi (1971) [i.e., τoct = f (σm,2)]. The Nadai and Mogi criteria are also applicable to both conventional and true triaxial failure data. True triaxial tests (σ1 ≥ σ2 ≥ σ3), though much fewer than axisymmetric tests, have unequivocally demonstrated the effect of σ2 and/or the deviatoric stress state on failure (Mogi 1971, 2007; Haimson 2006, and references therein). Rock in situ is generally subject to a true triaxial stress regime (σ1 ≥ σ2 ≥ σ3); hence, true triaxial failure data and criteria are more representative of the actual porous sandstone behavior. In addition to previous endeavors (e.g., Mogi 2007; Takahashi and Koide 1989; Wawersik et al. 1997), a few extensive true triaxial experiments were recently conducted on porous sandstones. These true triaxial tests provide important data for developing failure criteria, because they covered a wide spectrum of stress conditions [from axisymmetric compression (σ2 = σ3) to axisymmetric extension (σ2 = σ1)]. Oku et al. (2007) tested a sandstone of ~ 7% porosity obtained from TCDP (Taiwan Chelungpu-fault Drilling Project), confirming the dependence of brittle failure on σ2 as observed in crystalline rocks (Haimson 2006). Ingraham et al. (2013) performed tests on Castlegate sandstone (26% porosity) and revealed the failure dependency on mean stress and deviatoric stress state, characteristic of high-porosity sandstones. Ma and Haimson (2016) and Ma et al. (2017a) tested two porous sandstones (Coconino and Bentheim, 17.5 and 24% porosity, respectively) for σ3 ranging between 0 Xiaodong Ma is formerly in Geological Engineering Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison.