Volume averaging, effective stress rules, and inversion for microstructural response of multicomponent porous media (Q1282766): Difference between revisions

We use a general volume-averaging technique to derive equations satisfied by the average scalar stresses and strains in multicomponent porous rock. The resulting equations are combined with general thought experiments to produce effective stress rules that determine the volumetric changes of the rock induced by changes in the confining and fluid pressures. The composite porous material specifically treated is an isotropic mixture of two Gassmann materials. Two distinct cases are considered depending on whether the grains at the interface between the Gassmann materials are either (1) welded together (no ``crack'' can open between the two constituents), or (1) nonwelded (cracks can open).