Pore fluid effects on seismic velocity in anisotropic rocks

Geophysics ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tapan Mukerji ◽  
Gary Mavko

A simple new technique predicts the high‐ and low‐frequency saturated velocities in anisotropic rocks entirely in terms of measurable dry rock properties without the need for idealized crack geometries. Measurements of dry velocity versus pressure and porosity versus pressure contain all of the necessary information for predicting the frequency‐dependent effects of fluid saturation. Furthermore, these measurements automatically incorporate all pore interaction, so there is no limitation to low crack density. The velocities are found to depend on five key interrelated variables: frequency, the distribution of compliant crack‐like porosity, the intrinsic or noncrack anisotropy, fluid viscosity and compressibility, and effective pressure. The sensitivity of velocities to saturation is generally greater at high frequencies than low frequencies. The magnitude of the differences from dry to saturated and from low frequency to high frequency is determined by the compliant or crack‐like porosity. Predictions of saturated velocities based on dry data for sandstone and granite show that compressional velocities generally increase with saturation and with frequency. However, the degree of compressional wave anisotropy may either increase or decrease upon saturation depending on the crack distribution, the effective pressure, and the frequency at which the measurements are made. Shear‐wave velocities can either increase or decrease with saturation, and the degree of anisotropy depends on the microstructure, pressure, and frequency. Consequently great care must be taken when interpreting observed velocity anisotropy for measurements at low frequencies, typical of in situ observations, will generally be different from those at high frequencies, typical of the laboratory.

Author(s):  
Gundula B. Runge ◽  
Al Ferri ◽  
Bonnie Ferri

This paper considers an anytime strategy to implement controllers that react to changing computational resources. The anytime controllers developed in this paper are suitable for cases when the time scale of switching is in the order of the task execution time, that is, on the time scale found commonly with sporadically missed deadlines. This paper extends the prior work by developing frequency-weighted anytime controllers. The selection of the weighting function is driven by the expectation of the situations that would require anytime operation. For example, if the anytime operation is due to occasional and isolated missed deadlines, then the weighting on high frequencies should be larger than that for low frequencies. Low frequency components will have a smaller change over one sample time, so failing to update these components for one sample period will have less effect than with the high frequency components. An example will be included that applies the anytime control strategy to a model of a DC motor with deadzone and saturation nonlinearities.


1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1441-1448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine R. Wong ◽  
Robert L. Fleischer

Studies of high-temperature alloys in the Ti-Sn system based on the intermetallic compound Ti3Sn have identified alloys that damp strongly both at low frequencies (0.1 to 10 Hz) and high frequencies (5 to 20 MHz). The low frequency damping behavior shows loss factors as high as 0.04 at room temperature and Young's moduli that rise with temperature from 40 °C to 100 °C for two alloys. Although the basic mechanism or mechanisms of energy dissipation are presently unknown, the alloys are notable for unusual shapes of microhardness indentations. The deformations imply that large reversible strains can occur at temperatures from 23 °C to 1150 °C.


Geophysics ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 78 (5) ◽  
pp. D369-D379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel C. David ◽  
Jérome Fortin ◽  
Alexandre Schubnel ◽  
Yves Guéguen ◽  
Robert W. Zimmerman

The presence of pores and cracks in rocks causes the fluid-saturated wave velocities in rocks to be dependent on frequency. New measurements of the bulk modulus at low frequencies (0.02–0.1 Hz) were obtained in the laboratory using oscillation tests carried out on two hydrostatically stressed Fontainebleau sandstone samples, in conjunction with ultrasonic velocities and static measurements, under a range of differential pressures (10–95 MPa), and with three different pore fluids (argon, glycerin, and water). For the 13% and 4% porosity samples, under glycerin- and water-saturated conditions, the low-frequency bulk modulus at 0.02 Hz matched well the low-frequency and ultrasonic dry bulk modulus. The glycerin- and water-saturated samples were much more compliant at low frequencies than at high frequencies. The measured bulk moduli of the tested rocks at low frequencies (0.02–0.1 Hz) were much lower than the values predicted by the Gassmann equation. The frequency dispersion of the P and S velocities was much higher at low differential pressures than at high pressures, due to the presence of open cracks at low differential pressures.


Geophysics ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth W. Winkler ◽  
Hsui‐Lin Liu ◽  
David Linton Johnson

We performed laboratory experiments to evaluate theoretical models of borehole. Stoneley wave propagation in permeable materials. A Berea sandstone and synthetic samples made of cemented glass beads were saturated with silicone oils. We measured both velocity and attenuation over a frequency band from 10 kHz to 90 kHz. Our theoretical modeling incorporated Biot theory and Deresiewicz‐Skalak boundary conditions into a cylindrical geometry and included frequency‐dependent permeability. By varying the viscosity of the saturating pore fluid, we were able to study both low‐frequency and high‐frequency regions of Biot theory, as well as the intermediate transition zone. In both low‐frequency and high‐frequency regions of the theory, we obtained excellent agreement between experimental observations and theoretical predictions. Velocity and attenuation (1/Q) are frequency‐dependent, especially at low frequencies. Also at low frequencies, velocity decreases and attenuation increases with increasing fluid mobility (permeability/viscosity). More complicated behavior is observed at high frequencies. These results support recent observations from the oil field suggesting that Stoneley wave velocity and attenuation may be indicative of formation permeability.


1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 488-494
Author(s):  
Yoshitada Isono ◽  
Masao Sakane ◽  
Masateru Ohnami ◽  
Kazunari Fujiyama

This paper studies tension/torsion multiaxial low-cycle fatigue lives and creep-fatigue damage evaluation for Alloy 738LC superalloy. Tension/torsion creep-fatigue tests were carried out using hollow cylinder specimens and multiaxial creep-fatigue lives were obtained. The Mises’ equivalent strain correlated the multiaxial low cycle fatigue lives within a factor of two scatter band. An a.c. potential method is developed to detect the creep-fatigue damage associated with crack nucleation and extension. A.c. potentials at high frequencies accurately detect the creep-fatigue damage from the early stage of life while those at low frequencies detect that in the final stage of life. A.c. potentials at high frequencies detect the crack density, defined as the total crack length per unit area, and maximum crack length more sensitively than those at low frequencies.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. B17-B27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Sams ◽  
David Carter

Predicting the low-frequency component to be used for seismic inversion to absolute elastic rock properties is often problematic. The most common technique is to interpolate well data within a structural framework. This workflow is very often not appropriate because it is too dependent on the number and distribution of wells and the interpolation algorithm chosen. The inclusion of seismic velocity information can reduce prediction error, but it more often introduces additional uncertainties because seismic velocities are often unreliable and require conditioning, calibration to wells, and conversion to S-velocity and density. Alternative techniques exist that rely on the information from within the seismic bandwidth to predict the variations below the seismic bandwidth; for example, using an interpretation of relative properties to update the low-frequency model. Such methods can provide improved predictions, especially when constrained by a conceptual geologic model and known rock-physics relationships, but they clearly have limitations. On the other hand, interpretation of relative elastic properties can be equally challenging and therefore interpreters may find themselves stuck — unsure how to interpret relative properties and seemingly unable to construct a useful low-frequency model. There is no immediate solution to this dilemma; however, it is clear that low-frequency models should not be a fixed input to seismic inversion, but low-frequency model building should be considered as a means to interpret relative elastic properties from inversion.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Guilherme Rezende ◽  
Fabricio Baptista

Piezoelectric transducers are used in a wide variety of applications, including damage detection in structural health monitoring (SHM) applications. Among the various methods for detecting structural damage, the electromechanical impedance (EMI) method is one of the most investigated in recent years. In this method, the transducer is typically excited with low frequency signals up to 500 kHz. However, recent studies have indicated the use of higher frequencies, usually above 1 MHz, for the detection of some types of damage and the monitoring of some structures’ characteristics that are not possible at low frequencies. Therefore, this study investigates the performance of low-cost piezoelectric diaphragms excited with high frequency signals for SHM applications based on the EMI method. Piezoelectric diaphragms have recently been reported in the literature as alternative transducers for the EMI method and, therefore, investigating the performance of these transducers at high frequencies is a relevant subject. Experimental tests were carried out with piezoelectric diaphragms attached to two aluminum bars, obtaining the impedance signatures from diaphragms excited with low and high frequency signals. The analysis was performed using the real part of the impedance signatures and two basic damage indices, one based on the Euclidean norm and the other on the correlation coefficient. The experimental results indicate that piezoelectric diaphragms are usable for the detection of structural damage at high frequencies, although the sensitivity decreases.


2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-350
Author(s):  
Pedro Cobo ◽  
Francisco Simón ◽  
Carlos Colina

Microperforated panels (MPPs) are recognized as suitable absorbers for noise control applications demanding special clean and health requirements.While it is relatively easy to design single-layer MPPs for sound absorption in one-to-two octave bands at medium-high frequencies, the performance for low frequencies (below 600 Hz) leads to a rather narrow-band absorption, similar to that of a Helmholtz resonator. However, multiple-layer MPPs can be designed as sound absorbers that yield low-frequency absorption in a wide frequency band. Recently, multiple-cavity perforated panels have been proposed to improve the performance of MPPs in the low-frequency range. In this article, the capability of multiple-layer and multiple-cavity MPPs to provide sound absorption at low frequencies is analyzed.


Author(s):  
Manas Madasseri Payyappalli ◽  
A. M. Pradeep

Abstract Stall in a compressor or a fan is often associated with pre-stall waves, that could act as precursors. The present study aims to understand in detail the pre-stall waves leading to instabilities in a low aspect ratio, low hub-tip ratio contra-rotating axial fan. Apart from a clean inflow condition, experiments on the contra-rotating fan are also carried out for two radial distortion conditions, namely, hub-radial and tip-radial distortions, and three circumferential distortion conditions, namely, simple-circumferential, hub-complex-circumferential and tip-complex-circumferential distortions. The results primarily concluded that operating rotor-2 at a speed higher than the design speed could possibly suppress the pre-stall disturbances. Towards the fully developed stall, the waves that are associated with low frequencies speed up and thus these waves become intermediate frequency waves. The fluid phenomena that trigger the stall are associated with high frequencies and these subsequently stretch to low frequencies at the onset of fully developed stall. The low-frequency waves and high frequency waves compromise to reach an intermediate frequency range during the fully developed stall. Further, it is observed that disturbances associated with low frequencies as well as high frequencies co-exist during the fully developed stall regime. There is also a region in the frequency spectra where no disturbances are excited and this region appears to be a “no excitation zone”. This paper thus concludes that there possibly exists a mechanism through which the energy is transferred between different frequencies during the pre-stall and fully developed stall regimes.


Geophysics ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 522-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeri A. Korneev ◽  
Gennady M. Goloshubin ◽  
Thomas M. Daley ◽  
Dmitry B. Silin

There is a complex relationship between seismic attributes, including the frequency dependence of reflections and fluid saturation in a reservoir. Observations in both laboratory and field data indicate that reflections from a fluid‐saturated layer have an increased amplitude and delayed traveltime at low frequencies, when compared with reflections from a gas‐saturated layer. Comparison of laboratory‐modeling results with a diffusive‐viscous‐theory model show that low (<5) values of the quality factor Q can explain the observations of frequency dependence. At the field scale, conventional processing of time‐lapse VSP data found minimal changes in seismic response of a gas‐storage reservoir when the reservoir fluid changed from gas to water. Low‐frequency analysis found significant seismic‐reflection‐attribute variation in the range of 15–50 Hz. The field observations agree with effects seen in laboratory data and predicted by the diffusive‐viscous theory. One explanation is that very low values of Q are the result of internal diffusive losses caused by fluid flow. This explanation needs further theoretical investigation. The frequency‐dependent amplitude and phase‐reflection properties presented in this paper can be used for detecting and monitoring fluid‐saturated layers.


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