Fundamental mechanics of gas hydrates is of importance to evaluating geomechanical and geotechnical properties of gas hydrate deposits,but it remains largely unexplored yet due to insufficient direct experimental tech...Fundamental mechanics of gas hydrates is of importance to evaluating geomechanical and geotechnical properties of gas hydrate deposits,but it remains largely unexplored yet due to insufficient direct experimental techniques and high-quality of gas hydrate samples.Here,classic molecular dynamic(MD)simulations are used to study the fracture mechanics of three main methane clathrate hydrates of sI,sII and sH types.The results show that the mechanical properties of those three methane clathrate hydrates are intrinsically different and are degraded by the presence of nanocracks.They show brittle facture and different fracture toughness.In terms of energy release rate,they are ranked as sH>sI>sII.Moreover,the three methane clathrate hydrates with nanocracks can be explained by a modified Griffith criterion.Moreover,it is intriguingly identified tip amorphization during the crack propagation process of the three methane clathrate hydrates,and sH methane clathrate hydrate with specific nanocrack exhibits slower crack propagation than other two methane clathrate hydrates.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants 11772278,11904300 and 12002350)the Jiangxi Provincial Outstanding Young Talents Program(Grant 20192BCBL23029)。
文摘Fundamental mechanics of gas hydrates is of importance to evaluating geomechanical and geotechnical properties of gas hydrate deposits,but it remains largely unexplored yet due to insufficient direct experimental techniques and high-quality of gas hydrate samples.Here,classic molecular dynamic(MD)simulations are used to study the fracture mechanics of three main methane clathrate hydrates of sI,sII and sH types.The results show that the mechanical properties of those three methane clathrate hydrates are intrinsically different and are degraded by the presence of nanocracks.They show brittle facture and different fracture toughness.In terms of energy release rate,they are ranked as sH>sI>sII.Moreover,the three methane clathrate hydrates with nanocracks can be explained by a modified Griffith criterion.Moreover,it is intriguingly identified tip amorphization during the crack propagation process of the three methane clathrate hydrates,and sH methane clathrate hydrate with specific nanocrack exhibits slower crack propagation than other two methane clathrate hydrates.
