scholarly journals Three‐dimensional mise‐à‐la‐masse modeling applied to mapping fracture zones

Geophysics ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig W. Beasley ◽  
Stanley H. Ward

A numerical scheme applying the method of volume integral equations has been developed for borehole‐to‐borehole and borehole‐to‐surface modeling of the apparent resistivity response of a thin conductive body in a half‐space; the inhomogeneity simulates a fracture zone in a geothermal system. The algorithm is applicable for the direct‐current case when the buried electrode is either inside (mise‐à‐la‐masse) or outside (near‐miss) the body. In implementing the scheme, the integral equation is transformed into a matrix equation as a result of discretizing the inhomogeneity into rectangular cells. All physical properties are assumed constant within each cell. The rectangular cells are used through‐out execution of the algorithm. The computed surface and subsurface apparent resistivity responses are examined for bodies of similar shape and size but with different orientations: (1) vertical, (2) horizontal, (3) dipping at 60 degrees, and (4) dipping at 30 degrees. The four bodies produce apparent resistivity cross‐section plots which differ little from each other except in orientation. Varying the depth to the top of a body does not significantly alter the subsurface apparent resistivity response in the vicinity of the body. In both section and plan views, estimates of orientation, areal extent, and dip can often be made. The maximum depth at which a body can be located and still produce a detectable surface anomaly is dependent upon the position of the buried electrode and upon the contrast in conductivity. Locating the buried electrode just outside the body does not significantly alter the results from those when the electrode is embedded in the inhomogeneity. However, the similarity between the results of these two cases decreases as the distance between the electrode and the body is increased.

Geophysics ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 1006-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Daniels

The three‐dimensional induced‐polarization and resistivity‐modeling problem for buried source and receiver electrodes is solved by using a modified form of Barnett’s surface‐integral technique originally developed for surface‐electrode configurations. Six different buried electrode configurations are considered in this study: three types of hole‐to‐hole configurations, hole‐to‐surface and surface‐to‐hole configurations, and the single hole (bipole‐bipole) configuration. Results show there is no “best” method for all situations encountered in the field. The choice of method depends upon depth of the body, spacing of drill holes, and electrical properties of the body. In hole‐to‐hole measurements, the geometric factor (necessary for the computation of the apparent resistivity) becomes infinitely large or infinitely small whenever the receiving bipole is placed at a depth so that it lies on a zero equipotential surface. This leads to the formation of apparent resistivity anomalies that are extremely sensitive to the presence of the body but that are also complicated and not easily correlated with the position of the body. It is shown that diagnostic and easily interpretable anomalies are obtained by selecting the proper source‐receiver configurations.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 676-683
Author(s):  
Yuzhou Fan ◽  
Djordje Antonijević ◽  
Xing Zhong ◽  
Vladimir S. Komlev ◽  
Zhiyu Li ◽  
...  

AbstractThe detailed kinetics study of erythrocyte deformability is useful for the early diagnosis of blood diseases and for monitoring the blood rheology. Present solutions for a three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of erythrocytes has a limited potential. This study aimed to use erythrocyte transmission electron images (ETIs) to evaluate the morphological relationship between adjacent ETIs and generate erythrocytes 3D model. First, ultrathin serial sections of skeletal muscle tissue were obtained using an ultramicrotome. Further, the set of ETIs in a capillary were captured by transmission electron microscopy. The images were aligned by translations and rotations using custom software to optimize the morphological relationship between adjacent ETIs. These coordinate transformations exploit the unique principal axis of inertia of each image to define the body coordinate system and hence provide the means to accurately reconnect the adjacent ETIs. The sum of the distances between the corresponding points on the boundary of adjacent ETIs was minimized and, further, was optimized by using physiological relationship between the adjacent ETIs. The analysis allowed to define precise virtual relationship between the adjacent erythrocytes. Finally, extracted erythrocytes’ cross-section images allowed to generate 3D model of the erythrocytes.


Geophysics ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 615-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Dieter ◽  
N. R. Paterson ◽  
F. S. Grant

A new method for calculating anomaly patterns and type curves of apparent resistivity and apparent chargeability over three‐dimensional bodies imbedded in a half‐space is practicable. The solution of the boundary‐value problem for a point source of current near a body of arbitrary shape in the form of an inhomogeneous integral equation is solved numerically by the method of least squares. The solution is then used to construct the apparent resistivity and apparent chargeability functions for three and four‐electrode arrays in the vicinity of the body in a straightforward manner. Type curves show the application to an actual field example. Finally, some simple, direct aids for interpreting anomalies over mineralized zones of compact (i.e. roughly spherical) shape result. This study represents the results of the first phase of a continuing program of research into resistivity and IP interpretation theory.


Geophysics ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 50 (7) ◽  
pp. 1173-1178 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. Yang ◽  
S. H. Ward

Borehole‐to‐surface and surface‐to‐borehole resistivity measurements are versatile but not totally tested methods for detecting anomalies in the vicinity of a borehole. The former method has been discussed by several authors (Alfano, 1962; Merkel, 1971; Merkel and Alexander, 1971; Barnett, 1972; Snyder and Merkel, 1973; Snyder, 1976; Daniels, 1977, 1978, and 1983), but the latter has not received much attention. Morrison (1971) and Daniels (1977) are among the few who have addressed the problem. Each method has its own advantages. Surface‐to‐borehole resistivity measurements are made by placing a current source on the surface and measuring the apparent resistivity in a borehole in which the measuring electrodes are closer to the body than in the borehole‐to‐surface case. Pilot studies presented here suggest that the surface‐to‐borehole method can provide indicators of the attitude and the depth to the center of a body. This paper illustrates a simple method for qualitatively determining the attitude and the depth to the center of a body for a thin three‐dimensional (3-D) conductive oblate body with the surface‐to‐borehole technique. Attitude conveys the orientation of the body— horizontal, vertical dipping toward a borehole, or dipping away from a borehole.


Geophysics ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 803-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. P. Bott ◽  
R. A. Smith ◽  
R. A. Stacey

A two‐dimensional form of the pseudo‐gravity transformation, applicable to bodies magnetized in directions not parallel to the ambient field, is given. Assuming that a body of finite cross section is magnetized in the same direction and sense at every point, then an adaptation of this pseudo‐gravity transformation enables the direction of magnetization of the body to be estimated, within limits, from the magnetic anomaly it causes. The method has been programmed for a computer. A simple extension enables it to be applied to three‐dimensional bodies. The method is shown to be reliable by testing it against calculated magnetic profiles over geometrical shapes. It is applied to the Lambay magnetic anomaly in the west Irish Sea, showing this to be caused by a body magnetized approximately in the direction of the present earth’s field.


Geophysics ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam C. Ting ◽  
Gerald W. Hohmann

We have adapted a three‐dimensional (3-D) volume integral equation algorithm to magnetotelluric (MT) modeling. Incorporating an integro‐difference scheme increases accuracy somewhat. Utilizing the two symmetry planes of a buried prismatic body and a normally incident plane wave source greatly reduces required computation time and storage. Convergence checks and comparisons with one‐dimensional (1-D) and two‐dimensional (2-D) models indicate that our results are valid. We show theoretical surface anomalies due to a 3-D prismatic conductive body buried in a half‐space earth. Instead of studying the electric and magnetic fields, we have obtained impedance tensor and magnetic transfer functions by imposing two different source polarizations. Manipulation of the impedance tensor and magnetic transfer functions yields the following MT quantities: apparent resistivity and phase, impedance polar diagrams, tipper direction and magnitude, principal directions, skew, and ellipticity. With our preliminary analyses of these MT quantities, we have found that three‐dimensionality is usually revealed by all of them. Furthermore, we have recognized two pairs of complementary parameters: apparent resistivity and phase, and skew and ellipticity. Because of surface charges at conductivity boundaries, low‐frequency 3-D responses are much different from 1-D and 2-D responses. Thus, in many cases 3-D models are required for interpreting MT data. Although an overall 3-D MT interpretation is still not practical due to high computer costs and the complicated structure of the true earth, combined 2-D and 3-D modeling can be applied to yield a gross 3-D structure, which is composed of a cross‐section and its strike extent. In doing so, we suggest that the cross‐section be obtained from higher frequency 2-D E‐perpendicular [Formula: see text] mode modeling, and that the strike extent be derived by matching with lower frequency E‐parallel [Formula: see text] mode results due to corresponding 3-D models. In addition, we have indicated that some simple 3-D features, e.g., location above conductive zone, corners, and symmetry lines, can easily be recognized from the surface MT response.


Author(s):  
Philippe R. Spalart

The steady incompressible irrotational flow past a three-dimensional body of any shape generates no forces. The historic paradox refers only to drag, but lift is also zero, which has been known but not emphasized. The new material concerns a body with a long constant cross section, such as a train. The final results for forces and moments are very simple. With zero angle of attack, we show that the force vectors on the front and rear parts of the body are each (asymptotically) equal to zero, if the pressure is referred to the freestream pressure. The lift and drag coefficients, based on frontal area, vanish proportionally to d / l and ( d / l ) 2 , respectively, where d / l is the diameter-to-length ratio. This applies to any shape of the cross section, and of the ends. With an angle of attack, the nose and tail forces are non-zero but depend only on the angle of attack and the cross section's added mass per unit length. The pitching moment is proportional to the total added mass and the sine of twice the angle of attack. The present results clarify slender-body theory results. The practical consequence is that, for a long body with constant cross section, the shape of the nose or the tail is irrelevant to its own ‘partial’ drag and lift, and to the pitching moment.


Author(s):  
O. Faroon ◽  
F. Al-Bagdadi ◽  
T. G. Snider ◽  
C. Titkemeyer

The lymphatic system is very important in the immunological activities of the body. Clinicians confirm the diagnosis of infectious diseases by palpating the involved cutaneous lymph node for changes in size, heat, and consistency. Clinical pathologists diagnose systemic diseases through biopsies of superficial lymph nodes. In many parts of the world the goat is considered as an important source of milk and meat products.The lymphatic system has been studied extensively. These studies lack precise information on the natural morphology of the lymph nodes and their vascular and cellular constituent. This is due to using improper technique for such studies. A few studies used the SEM, conducted by cutting the lymph node with a blade. The morphological data collected by this method are artificial and do not reflect the normal three dimensional surface of the examined area of the lymph node. SEM has been used to study the lymph vessels and lymph nodes of different animals. No information on the cutaneous lymph nodes of the goat has ever been collected using the scanning electron microscope.


2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Prof. Dr. Jamal Aziz Mehdi

The biological objectives of root canal treatment have not changed over the recentdecades, but the methods to attain these goals have been greatly modified. Theintroduction of NiTi rotary files represents a major leap in the development ofendodontic instruments, with a wide variety of sophisticated instruments presentlyavailable (1, 2).Whatever their modification or improvement, all of these instruments have onething in common: they consist of a metal core with some type of rotating blade thatmachines the canal with a circular motion using flutes to carry the dentin chips anddebris coronally. Consequently, all rotary NiTi files will machine the root canal to acylindrical bore with a circular cross-section if the clinician applies them in a strictboring manner


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 52-56
Author(s):  
MMATMATISA JALILOV ◽  
◽  
RUSTAM RAKHIMOV ◽  

This article discusses the analysis of the general equations of the transverse vibration of a piecewise homogeneous viscoelastic plate obtained in the “Oscillation of inlayer plates of constant thickness” [1]. In the present work on the basis of a mathematical method, the approached theory of fluctuation of the two-layer plates, based on plate consideration as three dimensional body, on exact statement of a three dimensional mathematical regional problem of fluctuation is stood at the external efforts causing cross-section fluctuations. The general equations of fluctuations of piecewise homogeneous viscoelastic plates of the constant thickness, described in work [1], are difficult on structure and contain derivatives of any order on coordinates x, y and time t and consequently are not suitable for the decision of applied problems and carrying out of engineering calculations. For the decision of applied problems instead of the general equations it is expedient to use confidants who include this or that final order on derivatives. The classical equations of cross-section fluctuation of a plate contain derivatives not above 4th order, and for piecewise homogeneous or two-layer plates the elementary approached equation of fluctuation is the equation of the sixth order. On the basis of the analytical decision of a problem the general and approached decisions of a problem are under construction, are deduced the equation of fluctuation of piecewise homogeneous two-layer plates taking into account rigid contact on border between layers, and also taking into account mechanical and rheological properties of a material of a plate. The received theoretical results for the decision of dynamic problems of cross-section fluctuation of piecewise homogeneous two-layer plates of a constant thickness taking into account viscous properties of their material allow to count more precisely the is intense-deformed status of plates at non-stationary external loadings.


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