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Influence of Equation Nonlinearity on Pulse-Decay Permeability Measurements of Tight Porous Media
The pulse-decay method is believed to be more suitable than the steady-state method for permeability measurements on tight porous media because it...
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Development of one-dimensional and three-dimensional geomechanical modeling of reservoir rock in oil fields
The geomechanical model as a solid foundation can be the basis of a major part of upstream oil studies and a new low-risk drilling approach, along...
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A review of shallow slow earthquakes along the Nankai Trough
Slow earthquakes occur at deep and shallow plate boundaries along the Nankai Trough. Deep slow earthquakes are continuously distributed along the...
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Effect of surface curing timing on plastic shrinkage cracking of concrete
Surface curing of concrete is known to mitigate potential plastic shrinkage cracking. In this research, water and three curing compounds were used to...
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Numerical Investigation of Liquefaction Resistance of Buried Pipelines with Sand-Tire Mixture Using Critical State Two-Surface Plasticity Model
Damage to pipelines buried in liquefiable deposits under earthquake loadings has been the main concern for geotechnical engineering in seismically...
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Real-scale experiment of debris flow in a natural gulley: key findings and lessons learned
Debris flows moving along steep creeks can bring serious damage to downstream regions. Most debris-flow experiments to date have been conducted in...
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Formation, preservation and extinction of high-pressure minerals in meteorites: temperature effects in shock metamorphism and shock classification
The goal of classifying shock metamorphic features in meteorites is to estimate the corresponding shock pressure conditions. However, the temperature...
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Experimental modeling of a single pile in liquefiable soil under the effect of coupled static-dynamic loads
In this work, a single pile is physically modeled and embedded in an upper liquefiable loose sand layer overlying a non-liquefiable dense layer. A...
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Physical Mechanism and Numerical Simulation of Landslide Dam Formation
Landslide dam formation creates one of the most hazardous geomorphic phenomena, which often threaten the safety of upstream and downstream...
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Characterising Undrained Behaviour of Imperfectly Saturated and Unsaturated Sands
The different states of saturation in sand deposits particularly close to full saturation are introduced, and their effects on the liquefaction...
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A study on reservoir architecture difference of extra-deep strike-slip fault zone in the Shunbei area, Tarim Basin
Shunbei reservoir is a typical extra-deep carbonate strike-slip fault-controlled reservoir. It has experienced multi-stage tectonic activities, and...
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Evaluating and analyzing the stability of loess slope using intermittent rainfall and various rainfall patterns
The instability of slopes that is generated by heavy or intermittent rainfall leads to significant damages and losses in human life and properties....
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A pore space reconstruction method of shale based on autoencoders and generative adversarial networks
Shale oil and shale gas, as widely distributed unconventional resources, have attracted much attention at present due to the fast-increasing demands...
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Process parameter design approach for pressed fly ash geopolymer brick using Box–Behnken design: influence of forming pressure, sand-to-precursor ratio and liquid-to-solid content
Worldwide, billions of masonry-burnt clay bricks are made each year. However, their manufacturing is not eco-friendly. The present study aims to...
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Pore Network Investigation of Gas Trap** and Mobility During Foam Propagation Using Invasion Percolation with Memory
Foam reduces the gas mobility in porous media both by increasing the effective viscosity of the gas phase and by trap** a large portion of the gas...
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Experimental study on unconfined compressive and cyclic triaxial test behavior of agar biopolymer–treated silty sand
The need for space for infrastructure development has plummeted studies in ground improvement to an eminent research topic. But in the present day...
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Mitigation of liquefaction-induced hazard using geosynthetics: An experimental study using cyclic triaxial and large-scale shake table tests
This paper presents the possibility of improving the liquefaction behavior of reinforced sand using geogrids. A laboratory study has been carried out...
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Estimating Fluid Saturations from Capillary Pressure and Relative Permeability Simulations Using Digital Rock
Direct numerical simulations of fluid flow on three-dimensional pore-scale microstructures derived from images promise more, cheaper, and faster,...
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Thermal Impact on the Excavation Damage Zone Around a Supported Drift Using the 2nd Gradient Model
The temperature increase induced by radioactive waste decay generates the thermal pressurisation around the excavation damage zone (EDZ), and the...
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Reliquefaction resistance of Solani sand subjected to repeated excitations using shaking table experiments
Examining the reliquefaction resistance of sand deposits is more challenging due to the complex interplay of several factors that may increase or...
