6A
Permeability and capillarity
781052 WATER ZONE PROPAGATING THROUGH A PERMEABLE ROCK
Rehbinder, G
Rock Mech, V9, Nh, July 1977, P245-253
A one-dimensional front of a water zone penet-
rating an initially dry permeable medium is
studied theoretically as well as experimentally.
The theory includes the case when the
permeability varies with position. Simple
experiment and theory show that the front of
the water zone increases as the square root of
.time if the permeability is constant. A
method is suggested to measure the non-constant
permeability by measuring the penetration rate.
781053 POROSITY DEPENDENCE ON TEMP~qATURE: LIMITS ON
MAXIMUM PoSSIBLEEFFECT
Stephenson, L P
Am Ass Petrol Geol Bull, V61, N3, March 1977,
P407-415
Draws attention to a fundamental quantitative
restriction on temperature's role in porosity
reduction during compaction. For any given
rock type (i.e., given initial mineral
compostion, texture etc. ), an observation of
the natural porosity-depth curve corresponding
to a known temperature-depth curve makes it
possible to establish the ma~immn change in
the porosity-depth curve that may be attributed
to a given change in the temperature distribution,
all other factors remaining constant. Although
this does not tell us how porosity depends on
temperature, it does give us a necessary (but
not sufficient) constraint which must be
satisfied by the unknown dependence on temperature.
781054 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF FRACTURE PERMEABILITY IN
POROUS ROCK
Nelson, R A; Handin, J
Am Ass Petrol Geol Bull, V61, N2, Feb 1977,
P227-236
Laboratory experiments of the effect of tempera-
ture and confining pressure on permeability in
NavaJo Sandstone indicate that simulated
fractures in porous rock (i) have a higher
percentage rate of permeability decline with
depth than whole rock, (2) experience a greater
degree of permanent deformation with depth
than whole rock, (3) are healed effectively
when fracture permeability approaches that of
the whole rock, and (4) experience a reduction
in permeability dependent on the macroscopic
ductility and previous m~ximum depth of burial
of the host sandstone.
781055 FLOW THROUGH POROUS MEDIA. EXAMINATION OF THE
[MMOBILE FLUIDMODEL
Harris, C C
Power Technol, V17, N3, Aug 1977, P235-252
Discusses a model which postulates that during
permeation a fraction of the interstitial
fluid maynot Join in the general flow and
applies it to some data from aqueous systems.
.Compressibility, swelling and consolidation
781056 PROBABILISTIC ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION
Freeze, R A
J Geotech ~b4~ng Div ASCE, VI03, NGT7, 1977
P725-742
A Monte Carlo approach is used to obtain
solutions to hypothetical one-dimensional
problems in which the soil properties are
generated stochastically. Standard deviations
associated with input soil properties in
heterogeneous soils can lead to large
uncertainties in l~edicted hydraulic head
values and consolidation rates.
781057 CONSTITUTIVE RTELATIONS fOR VOLUME CHANGE IN
UNSATURATED SOILS
Fredlund 3 D G; ~brgenstern, N 19
Can Geoteeh J, VI3, N3, Aug 1976, P261-276
Dynamic properties
781058 FREQUENCY DEPenDENCE OF ELASTICITY OF ROCK _
TEST OF SEISMIC VELOCITY DISPERSION
Brennan, B J; Stacey, F D
Nature, V268, N5617, 21 July 197T, P220-222
Reports investigations of the rigidity moduli
of basalt and granite and discusses how the
results affect the development of esrth models.
781059 FATIGUE-LIFE PREDICTION USINg] LOCAL STRESS.
STRAIN CONCEA°TS
Socie, D F
Exp Mech, VIT, N2, Feb 1977, P50-56
Presents and discusses a compuber algorithm for
cumulative fatigue damage. Accurate determination
of local stresses ~ d strains is necessary.
731060 S H K ~ W~VE VELOCITY VERSUS D ~ T H IN M ~ I N E
SEDIMENTS: A REVIEW
Hm~ilton, E L
Log Analyst, vIS, NI, Jan-Feb 1977, P33-40
781061 MEASUREMenTS OF THai LONGITUDINAL MODULUS
OF PIERRE CLAY SHALE AT VARflNG STRAIN RATES
Bless 3 S J; Ahrens, T J
Geophysics, V42, NI, Feb 1977, P3h-40
Relates to modelling of the effects of
explosive-driven fields of motioa.
781062 SEISM[C A_NISOTROPY INVESTIGATIONS IN THE USSR
Chesnokov, Y M; Nevskiy, M V
Geophys J R Astr Soc, V49, NI, April 1977,
PI15-121
Reviews the sub~ect in 4 sections. (1)Computation
of seismic wave fields for various models of
~uisot~oplc media. (2)Elastic anisotropy in
rock samples. (3)Experimental investigations
of seismic anisotropy in the upper part of the
crust. (4)Theoretical studies of the lower crust
and upper mantle. 23 refs.
781063 SEISMIC ANISOTRoPY AS MEASURED UNDER HII~H-PRESSURE,
HIGH-TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS
Meissner, R; Fakhiml, M;
Geophys, J R Astr Soc, V49, N1, April 1977,
P133-143
Field obserwations a~e reviewed and comps2ed
with P wave velocity data on 4 types of
crustal and uppe~ mantle rocks at pressures
up to 6 kbar and temperat~es up to 500C.
It is concluded that anisotrop/ caused by
preferred orientation of minerals must be
expected in the whole lithosphere. Addltions.l
effects of layering, cracks and non,hydrostatic
stresses S~e estimated.