Compaction bands due to grain crushing in porous rocks: a theoretical approach based on breakage mechanics
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2011
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Das, A.
Nguyen, G.
Einav, I.
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Journal of Geophysical Research, 2011; 116(B8):B08203-1-B08203-14
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Arghya Das, Giang D. Nguyen, and Itai Einav
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Grain crushing and pore collapse are the principal micromechanisms controlling the physics of compaction bands in porous rocks. Several constitutive models have been previously used to predict the formation and propagation of these bands. However, they do not account directly for the physical processes of grain crushing and pore collapse. The parameters of these previous models were mostly tuned to match the predictions of compaction localization; this was usually done without validating whether the assigned parameters agree with the full constitutive behavior of the material. In this study a micromechanics-based constitutive model capable of tracking the evolving grain size distribution due to grain crushing is formulated and used for a theoretical analysis of compaction band formation in porous rocks. Linkage of the internal variables to grain crushing enables us to capture both the material behavior and the evolving grain size distribution. On this basis, we show that the model correctly predicts the formation and orientation of compaction bands experimentally observed in typical high-porosity sandstones. Furthermore, the connections between the internal variables and their underlying micromechanisms allow us to illustrate the significance of the grain size distribution and pore collapse on the formation of compaction bands. Copyright 2011 by the American Geophysical Union.
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Copyright 2011 by the American Geophysical Union