A fully coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical model for unsaturated porous media

In examining potential host rocks for such purposes as the disposal of high-level radioactive wastes,it is important to understand the coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical（THM） behavior of a porous medium.A rigorous and fully unified coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical model for unsaturated porous media is required to simulate the complex coupling mechanisms involved.Based on modified Darcy＇s and Fourier＇s laws,equations of mechanical equilibrium,mass conservation and energy conservation are derived by introducing void ratio and volumetric liquid water content into the model.The newly derived model takes into account the effects of temperature on the dynamic viscosity of liquid water and void ratio,the influence of liquid flow on temperature gradient（thermo-osmosis）,the influence on mass and heat conservation equations,and the influence of heat flow on water pressure gradient and thermal convection.The new coupled THM constitutive model is constructed by a finite element program and is used to simulate the coupled behavior of a tunnel during excavation,ventilation and concrete lining stages.Oil and gas engineering,underground disposal of nuclear waste and tunnel engineering may be benefited from the development of the new model.

Guest Review:Potential theory method for 3D crack and contact problems of multi-field coupled media: A survey

This paper presents an overview of the recent progress of potential theory method in the analysis of mixed boundary value problems mainly stemming from three-dimensional crack or contact problems of multi-field coupled media. This method was used to derive a series of exact three dimensional solutions which should be of great theoretical significance because most of them usually cannot be derived by other methods such as the transform method and the trial-and-error method. Further, many solutions are obtained in terms of elementary functions that enable us to treat more complicated problems easily. It is pointed out here that the method is usually only applicable to media characterizing transverse isotropy, from which, however, the results for the isotropic case can be readily obtained.

NUMERICAL MODELING FOR COUPLED THERMO-HYDRO-MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES (THMC) OF GEOLOGICAL MEDIA——INTERNATIONAL AND CHINESE EXPERIENCES

The coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical and chemical (THMC) processes of stress/deformation,fluid flow,temperature and geochemical reactions of the geological media,namely fractured rocks and soils,play an important role in design,construction,operation and environmental impact assessments of rock and soil engineering works such as underground nuclear waste repositories,oil/gas production and storage,geothermal energy extraction,landslides and slope stability,hydropower and water conservancy complexes,etc. This paper presents an overview of the international and Chinese experiences in numerical modeling of the coupled THMC processes for both the state-of-the-knowledge,remaining challenges and possible future prospects.

Magnetic properties of soft layer/FePt-MgO exchange coupled composite perpendicular recording media

The magnetic properties of exchange coupled composite （ECC） media that are composed of perpendicular magnetic recording media FePt MgO and two kinds of soft layers have been studied by using an x-ray diffractometer, a polar Kerr magneto-optical system （PMOKE） and a vibrating sample magnetometer （VSM）. The results show that ECC media can reduce the coercivities of perpendicular magnetic recording media FePt-MgO. The ECC media with granular-type soft layers have weaker exchange couplings between magnetic grains and the magnetization process, for ECC media of this kind mainly follow the Stoner Wohlfarth model.

COUPLED LINEAR-RESPONSE OF INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA:A GENERAL THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS

A generally exact theory for predicting the effec-tive behavior of coupled linear-response for inhomogeneous me-dia is developed. The general solutions for the coupled problems of two fields and three fields are given. The applications of the theory in the magnetic-electric (.magnetoelectricity) properties and the thermal-electric-mechanical properties (thermoelasti-city, piezoelectricity, and pyroelectricity) are discussed. The firstorder approximations of the thermal-electric-mechanical properties of binary transversely isotropic composites are de-rived.

3D numerical simulation in acoustic-elastic coupled media with staggered-grid finite-difference method

Acoustic-elastic coupled media is often encountered in most marine explorations, and accurate simulation of acoustic-elastic coupled media is of great significance. At present, the study of acoustic-elastic coupled media still assumes that the solid of the acoustic-elastic coupled media is isotropic, but this assumption is not in accordance with the actual situation. In this paper, we derive the solid media of acoustic-elastic coupled media from isotropic media to anisotropic media, and propose an acoustic-elastic coupled medium based ontransverse isotropic media with vertical symmetric axes(VTI) to improve the accuracy of forward modeling. Based on the relationship between the Thomsen parameter and the coefficient matrix of the anisotropic elastic wave equation, we transform the Thomson parameter into a velocity model with anisotropic properties. We use a staggered grid finite difference method to simulate the propagation of a wavefield in a three-dimensional acoustic-elastic coupled media. We obtain the snapshots of the wave field when the solid of the acoustic-elastic coupled media is an isotropic medium and a VTI media. When the solid of the acoustic-elastic coupled media is considered VTI media, we can observe the qP wave and qS wave that cannot be observed in the isotropic medium from the wave field snapshot. We can also find that the seismic records obtained by the method we use are more realistic. The algorithm proposed in this paper is of great significance for high-precision ocean numerical simulation.

Non-Linear Numerical Simulation of Coal and Gas Outburst as a Coupling Instability Problem of Solid-Fluid Biphase Media

Based on the theory of continuum mechanics of multi-pbase media, a mathematical model and non-linear FEM equation of the coupling instability problem of solid-fluid biphase media for coal-methane outburst under finite deformation are established. The critical conditions of the surface instability are presented as the singularity of the total stiffness matrices of the coal body for coal-methaue outburst. That means the deformtion or the coal body emerges bifurcatiou phenomena. The numerical simulation of a typical outburst is made.

Multiparameter least-squares reverse time migration for acoustic–elastic coupling media based on ocean bottom cable data

In marine seismic exploration,ocean bottom cable technology can record multicomponent seismic data for multiparameter inversion and imaging.This study proposes an elastic multiparameter lease-squares reverse time migration based on the ocean bottom cable technology.Herein,the wavefield continuation operators are mixed equations:the acoustic wave equations are used to calculate seismic wave propagation in the seawater medium,whereas in the solid media below the seabed,the wavefields are obtained by P-and S-wave separated vector elastic wave equations.At the seabed interface,acoustic–elastic coupling control equations are used to combine the two types of equations.P-and S-wave separated elastic migration operators,demigration operators,and gradient equations are derived to realize the elastic least-squares reverse time migration based on the P-and S-wave mode separation.The model tests verify that the proposed method can obtain high-quality images in both the P-and S-velocity components.In comparison with the traditional elastic least-squares reverse time migration method,the proposed method can readily suppress imaging crosstalk noise from multiparameter coupling.

Fully coupled fluid-solid productivity numerical simulation of multistage fractured horizontal well in tight oil reservoirs

A mathematical model, fully coupling multiple porous media deformation and fluid flow, was established based on the elastic theory of porous media and fluid-solid coupling mechanism in tight oil reservoirs. The finite element method was used to determine the numerical solution and the accuracy of the model was verified. On this basis, the model was used to simulate productivity of multistage fractured horizontal wells in tight oil reservoirs. The results show that during the production of tight oil wells, the reservoir region close to artificial fractures deteriorated in physical properties significantly, e.g. the aperture and conductivity of artificial fractures dropped by 52.12% and 89.02% respectively. The simulations of 3000-day production of a horizontal well in tight oil reservoir showed that the predicted productivity by the uncoupled model had an error of 38.30% from that by the fully-coupled model. Apparently, ignoring the influence of fluid-solid interaction effect led to serious deviations of the productivity prediction results. The productivity of horizontal well in tight oil reservoir was most sensitive to the start-up pressure gradient, and second most sensitive to the opening of artificial fractures. Enhancing the initial conductivity of artificial fractures was helpful to improve the productivity of tight oil wells. The influence of conductivity, spacing, number and length of artificial fractures should be considered comprehensively in fracturing design. Increasing the number of artificial fractures unilaterally could not achieve the expected increase in production.

Investigation on Magnetic Properties of Exchange Coupled Transition Metal Complexes──I. Application of the Kambe's Theory

Magnetic susceptibility of a series of dinuclear Ⅴ(Ⅳ) . Co(Ⅱ) and Mn(Ⅲ) complexes has been measured in the temperature range of 1. 5 ～300K. The isotropic Heisenberg theory has been applied to study the temperature-dependent behaviour of the magnetic susceptibility of these complexes and a corresponding program for fitting the experimental results has been set up on a VAX 11/785 computer. Conclusions can be drawn that the three complexes studied are all anti-ferromagnetically coupled with coupling constants -4. 4 , -115. 2 , and - 8. 4 cm￣(-1) for Ⅴ(Ⅳ) . Co(Ⅱ) ,and Mn(Ⅲ) complexes, respectively.

Multi-mode Spiral Wave in a Coupled Oscillatory Medium

Multi-mode spiral wave and its breakup in 1-d and 2-d coupled oscillatory media is studied here by theoretic analysis and numerical simulations. The analysis in 1-d system shows that the dispersion relation curve could be nonmonotonic depending on the coupling strength. It may also lead to the coexistence of different wave numbers within one system. Direct numerical observations in 1-d and 2-d systems conform to the prediction of dispersion relation analysis. Our findings indicate that the wave grouping can also be observed in oscillatory media without tip meandering and waves with negative group velocity can occur without inhomogeneity.

Residual Dipolar Couplings in Structure Determination of Natural Products

The determination of natural products stereochemistry remains a formidable task.Residual dipolar couplings(RDCs)induced by anisotropic media are a powerful tool for determination of the stereochemistry of organic molecule in solution.This review will provide a short introduction on RDCs-based methodology for the structural elucidation of natural products.Special attention is given to the current availability of alignment media in organic solvents.The applications of RDCs for structural analysis of some examples of natural products were discussed and summarized.Graphical Abstract This review provides a short introduction on RDCs-based methodology for the structural elucidation of natural products.Special attention is given to the current availability of alignment media in organic solvents.The applications of RDCs for structural analysis of some examples of natural products were discussed and summarized.

An improved porous media model for nuclear reactor analysis

In this study, two modifications are proposed to mitigate drawbacks of the conventional approach of using the ‘‘Porous Media Model''(PMM) for nuclear reactor analysis. In the conventional approach, whole reactor core simplifies to a single porous medium and also, the resistance coefficients that are essential to using this model are constant values. These conditions impose significant errors and restrict the applications of the model for many cases,including accident analysis. In this article, the procedures for calculating the coefficients are modified by introducing a practical algorithm. Using this algorithm will result in obtaining each coefficient as a function of mass flow rate.Furthermore, the method of applying these coefficients to the reactor core is modified by dividing the core into several porous media instead of one. In this method, each porous medium comprises a single fuel assembly. PMM with these two modifications is termed ‘‘multi-region PMM'' in this study. Then, the multi-region PMM is introduced to a new CFD-based thermo-hydraulic code that is specifically devised for combining with neutronic codes.The CITVAP code, which solves multi-group diffusion equations, is the selected as the neutronic part for this study. The resulting coupled code is used for simulation of natural circulation in a MTR. A new semi-analytic method,based on steady-state CFD analysis is developed to verify the results of this case. Results demonstrate considerable improvement, compared to the conventional approach.

STATIONARY DISCONTINUITY AND FLUTTER INSTABILITY OF WAVE PROPAGATION IN ELASTO-PLASTIC SATURATED POROUS MEDIA

In the present work a model based on the Biot theory for simulating coupled hydrodynamic behavior mi saturated porous media is utilized with integration of the inertial coupling effect between the solid-fluid phases of the media into the model. The non-associated Drucker-Prager criterion to describe nonlinear constitutive behavior of pressure dependent elasto-plasticity for the media is particularly considered. With no consideration of compressibility of solid grains and the pore fluid, the discontinuity and instability of the wave propagation in saturated porous media axe analyzed for the plane strain problems in detail. The critical conditions of stationary discontinuity and flutter instability in the wave propagation are given. The results and conclusions obtained by the present work will provide some bases or clues for overcoming the difficulties in numerical modeling of wave propagation in the media subjected to dynamic loading.

INSTABILITY AND DISPERSIVITY OF WAVE PROPAGATION ININELASTIC SATURATED/UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIA

A model based on the Biot theory for simulating coupled hydro-dynamic behavior in saturated-unsaturated porous media was utilized with integration of the inertial coupling effect between the solid-fluid phases of the media into the model. Stationary instability and dispersivity of wave propagation in the media in one-dimensional problem were analyzed. The effects of the following factors on stationary, instability and dispersivity were discussed. They are the viscous and inertial couplings between the solid and the fluid phases, compressibility of the mixture composed of solid grains and pore fluid, the degree of saturation, visco-plastic (rate dependent inelastic) constitutive behavior of the solid skeleton under high strain rate. results and conclusion obtained by the present work will provide some bases or clues for overcoming the difficulties in numerical modelling of wave propagation in the media subjected to strong and shock loading.

Numerical modeling of fluid-particle interaction in granular media

Fluid-particle interaction underpins important behavior of granular media. Particle-scale simulation may help to provide key microscopic information governing the interaction and offer better understanding of granular media as a whole. This paper presents a coupled computational fluid dynamics and discrete element method （CFD-DEM） approach for this purpose. The granular particle system is modeled by DEM, while the fluid flow is simulated by solving the locally averaged Navier-Stokes equation with CFD. The coupling is considered by exchanging such interaction forces as drag force and buoyancy force between the DEM and CFD. The approach is benchmarked by two classic geomechanics problems for which analytical solutions are available, and is further applied to the prediction of sand heap formation in water through hopper flow. It is demonstrated that the key characteristic of granular materials interacting with pore water can be successfully captured by the proposed method.

弹塑性多孔介质流固耦合新理论:混合耦合理论

在全球气候变化和双碳政策的大背景下,多孔介质中固体的变形和流体的输运问题变得尤为重要。然而,在多孔介质中建立流固耦合模型仍面临的挑战之一是需要考虑跨越宏观尺度到纳米尺度的耦合作用。本文利用基于非平衡热力学的混合耦合理论,提出了一个弹塑性多孔介质流固耦合新模型,在同一个理论框架内研究了弹性变形、塑性变形和液体渗流之间跨尺度的耦合,考虑了耗散过程中的熵产,并利用Helmholtz自由能连接宏观尺度上的力学变形和纳米尺度上的液体输运之间的相互作用。在应力-应变关系中采用了弹塑性刚度系数以反映塑性的影响。同时,经典的达西定律扩展为可考虑固体的塑性变形。通过与文献中模型的比较,验证了该模型的有效性。最后,数值分析表明在多孔介质的流固耦合中塑性变形具有比较显著的影响。

基于双重介质渗流-应力耦合模型的高压压水试验渗透参数反演

高压压水试验过程中岩体易发生水力劈裂产生裂隙,岩体内部孔隙、裂隙双重导水,渗流场和应力场相互作用,导致岩体渗透参数的时空变异性。基于高压压水试验反演渗透参数需考虑双重介质渗流-应力耦合作用下产生裂隙前后渗透系数的变化规律,利用渗流-应力耦合数值模型结合工程现场高压压水试验数据进行参数反演,计算得到不同压力阶段下灰岩岩体渗透率。主要结论如下:发生水力劈裂前,随着注液压力的增大,渗透率及孔隙水压力在不同压力阶段之间分界明显,渗透率反演值与规程公式计算值相近;发生水力劈裂后,岩体渗透率增大约2倍,孔隙介质渗透率和通过的流量出现陡减现象。

自创生:媒介及新媒介文艺意义生成

“自创生”是用以描述系统自我生成性质的重要概念,“自创生系统”是能够自主生产、递归进化的系统。自创生理论以生成论为哲学基础,在去“本体”化的过程中建构了独特的“自体论”。按照自创生理论,媒介是典型的自创生系统。进入现代社会,媒介系统将物质性与技术性转化为自身的生产力,展现出更为强劲的自主性,并在进阶演化和更新迭代的螺旋式生成运动中表现出递归性以及人、物、媒介之间新的缔合关系。数字新媒介系统的自创生进入了“数智化”阶段,形成了以计算法则为主导的信息生产方式,也带来了新世界即赛博空间的涌现。新媒介的数智化自创生,建构了新媒介文艺意义生成的自创生性质。从自创生视角看,新媒介文艺实践不过是数字化的人类行动者与媒介性行动者在互动耦合过程中,联合其他生产要素共同开展的自创生性文艺意义生产活动。在这一过程中,媒介性与文艺性交叠衍生,数字文艺性也由此生成。

考虑气体的渗流应力耦合模型在黄壁庄水库中的应用

目前建立的多孔介质耦合模型通常认为气体是不可压缩的,无法描述气体的输运过程,无法反映气体对水体入渗和固体变形的影响。为了描述多孔介质中固液气三相的渗流应力耦合过程,基于多孔介质理论和有效应力原理,提出了一种耦合了改进守恒水平集(ICLS)方法并考虑气体可压缩性的固液气三相渗流应力耦合模型。将该方法应用于黄壁庄水库坝前冒泡现象的渗流应力耦合分析中,模拟了水位骤升后,固体变形、水体入渗和气体运移过程,及其耦合效应。计算结果表明,该方法能够简单直观的描述水气两相的运移过程及渗流应力耦合过程,且模拟结果与实际观测结果基本一致。