[article]
Titre : |
Coupled deformation–flow analysis for methane hydrate extraction |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
A. Klar, Auteur ; K. Soga, Auteur ; M. Y. A. Ng, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2011 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 765-776 |
Note générale : |
Génie Civil |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Water flow Groundwater Shear strength Stress analysis Deformation Permeability Sands Constitutive relations |
Index. décimale : |
624 Constructions du génie civil et du bâtiment. Infrastructures. Ouvrages en terres. Fondations. Tunnels. Ponts et charpentes |
Résumé : |
Methane hydrate is estimated to be present in substantial amounts below deep sea floors. Particular scientific and engineering interests that encourage studies of mechanical behaviour of methane hydrate soils include submarine geohazards, such as the initiation of marine landslides through hydrate dissociation, wellbore stability and estimation of future gas production from wells. To study these problems, a formulation of a multi-physics model of methane hydrate flow coupled to soil deformation is developed. By assuming deformable porous media (soil matrix) that accommodate non-movable but dissociable hydrate, a two-phase flow formulation of water and methane gas is suggested according to Darcy's law and capillary pressure law. A single-phase elastic–perfectly plastic constitutive model for hydrate soil sediments, based on the concept of effective stress, is developed to account for the effect of hydrate saturation on mechanical strength and stiffness. The formulation is incorporated into the explicit scheme of finite-difference code FLAC by solving three boundary value problems in parallel. The code is used to simulate the behaviour of horizontal unsupported and supported wells in hydrate-bearing sediments under different in situ stress conditions during methane hydrate extraction. Axial force, bending moment and well displacements were compared for supported and unsupported wells.
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DEWEY : |
624.15 |
ISSN : |
0016-8505 |
En ligne : |
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/geot.9.p.079-3799 |
in Géotechnique > Vol. 60 N° 10 (Octobre 2010) . - pp. 765-776
[article] Coupled deformation–flow analysis for methane hydrate extraction [texte imprimé] / A. Klar, Auteur ; K. Soga, Auteur ; M. Y. A. Ng, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 765-776. Génie Civil Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Géotechnique > Vol. 60 N° 10 (Octobre 2010) . - pp. 765-776
Mots-clés : |
Water flow Groundwater Shear strength Stress analysis Deformation Permeability Sands Constitutive relations |
Index. décimale : |
624 Constructions du génie civil et du bâtiment. Infrastructures. Ouvrages en terres. Fondations. Tunnels. Ponts et charpentes |
Résumé : |
Methane hydrate is estimated to be present in substantial amounts below deep sea floors. Particular scientific and engineering interests that encourage studies of mechanical behaviour of methane hydrate soils include submarine geohazards, such as the initiation of marine landslides through hydrate dissociation, wellbore stability and estimation of future gas production from wells. To study these problems, a formulation of a multi-physics model of methane hydrate flow coupled to soil deformation is developed. By assuming deformable porous media (soil matrix) that accommodate non-movable but dissociable hydrate, a two-phase flow formulation of water and methane gas is suggested according to Darcy's law and capillary pressure law. A single-phase elastic–perfectly plastic constitutive model for hydrate soil sediments, based on the concept of effective stress, is developed to account for the effect of hydrate saturation on mechanical strength and stiffness. The formulation is incorporated into the explicit scheme of finite-difference code FLAC by solving three boundary value problems in parallel. The code is used to simulate the behaviour of horizontal unsupported and supported wells in hydrate-bearing sediments under different in situ stress conditions during methane hydrate extraction. Axial force, bending moment and well displacements were compared for supported and unsupported wells.
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DEWEY : |
624.15 |
ISSN : |
0016-8505 |
En ligne : |
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/geot.9.p.079-3799 |
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