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PI
z
b
Po
y
x
ux(z)
Cubic Law
Pi
z
ux ( z ) =
w
Po
y
ux(z)
| P | 2
[z (h / 2)2 ]
2
h / 2
wh3
Q x = wux dz =
P
12
h / 2
wh3
T=
12
1.5
h3
T=
1+17
12
h
1.5
h3
T=
1+8.8
12
h
h3
T=
12f
Depending on rock type and loading
cycle, they found values of f ranging
from1.04 to 1.65.
2 / h 2 +...
11.5
h
12
1.5
h
2
2
T=
1+ h / h
12
This expression is in good agreement with numerical solutions of Reynolds equation:
Approach
T (10-12 m3)
Experimental
8.0
17.3
Homogenization of RLE
16.7
3
T = h [1 1.5( / h )2 ]/12
1+ c
(1+ )2
f =
, =
,
1 c
4
see also Analytical models for flow through obstructed domains, A.R. Piggott
and D. Elsworth, J. Geophys. Res., 1992;B97:2085-2093.
2a
2(1 2 ) 2 a 2
d
T ( ) =
( )3
d
E2
d
compliance
1
1
=
n normal stiffness
1.0
T()T()
)o 0.6
(
/T
)(
T 0.4
data
T()T()
0.8
model
)o
(
/T
)(
10-1
10-2
0.2
0.0
data
10
12
14
16
10-3
model
10
100
Models the change in exponent as being due to increased in-plane tortuosity due to
an increase of contact area with stress, using percolation theory.
1
3 (1 2 )5/ 2
2 36 2 (1 2 )
(2H
)
hH3 =
1+
1+ ( 2 / 2)
2 15 1+ ( 2 / 2)
Models the change in exponent as being due to increased out-of-plane tortuosity due
to an increase of relative roughness with stress, using perturbation theory.
T
1
=
To 1+ Re
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469
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