A constitutive model for methane hydrate-bearing sediment(MHBS)is essential for the analysis of mechanical response of MHBS to the change of hydrate saturation caused by gas extraction. A new elasto-plastic constituti...A constitutive model for methane hydrate-bearing sediment(MHBS)is essential for the analysis of mechanical response of MHBS to the change of hydrate saturation caused by gas extraction. A new elasto-plastic constitutive model is built in order to simulate the mechanical behavior of MHBS in this paper. This model represents more significant mechanical properties of MHBS such as bonding, higher stiffness, softening and stress-strain nonlinear relationship. The bonding behavior can be described by use of a parameter related to mechanical hydrate saturation. Higher stiffness can be modeled by the introduction of hydrate saturation into traditional expression of soil stiffness. Softening can be controlled by a function describing the relationship between cohesion and bonding structure factor. Dilatancy can be estimated by establishing the relationship between the lateral strain and axial strain. Meanwhile, the hypothesis of isotropic expanding is applied to the calculation of the volumetric strain. The stress-strain curves under different hydrate saturation conditions predicted by the proposed model are in good agreement with the test data. All the coefficients can be easily obtained by the triaxial test of MHBS.展开更多
In this study,the Discrete Element Method(DEM)was employed to investigate numerically the effects of hydrate cementation and intermediate principal stress on the stress-dilatancy relation of graincementing type methan...In this study,the Discrete Element Method(DEM)was employed to investigate numerically the effects of hydrate cementation and intermediate principal stress on the stress-dilatancy relation of graincementing type methane hydrate-bearing sediment(MHBS)by conducting a series of conventional and true triaxial tests.A novel 3D thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical(THMC)contact model for MHBS was employed.The numerical results show that with increasing hydrate saturation and back pressure,or decreasing confining pressure,temperature and salinity,the stress-dilation relation of grain-cementing type MHBS evolves from dilation-dominant to bond-dominant.For the clean sand samples,the relationship between the normalized stress ratio h/Mcr and the dilatancy rate d is close under different intermediate principal stress coefficients.However,for the MHBS samples,this relationship is still affected by the intermediate principal stress coefficient b,due to the effect of hydrate cementation.展开更多
天然气水合物以胶结及孔隙填充等形式存在于深海能源土中,开采时因其分解会劣化地层力学特性进而引发海底事故,使得人们对能源土开采过程进行中力学特性的变化愈发重视。在前期室内试验的基础上,将一个温度-水压-力学二维微观胶结模型...天然气水合物以胶结及孔隙填充等形式存在于深海能源土中,开采时因其分解会劣化地层力学特性进而引发海底事故,使得人们对能源土开采过程进行中力学特性的变化愈发重视。在前期室内试验的基础上,将一个温度-水压-力学二维微观胶结模型引入离散元商业软件PFC2D中,通过对排气、排水性较好的土体进行升温及降压法开采进行数值模拟,并将模拟结果与相同条件下的室内试验结果对比,验证了该胶结模型的适用性。进一步分析了颗粒接触分布与颗粒平均纯转动率(averaged pure rotation rate,APR)在水合物分解时的变化情况。升温分解过程中随温度升高,颗粒总接触分布各向异性程度增大;胶结接触逐渐减少并始终保持主方向为水平方向,无胶结接触增多并始终保持主方向为竖直方向;APR值逐渐增大且正负值分布逐渐趋于集中。降压分解过程中随反(水)压降低,颗粒总接触由各向同性分布逐渐发展为主方向为竖直方向的各向异性,APR值较小且分布均匀;恢复反压后,试样进一步破坏,颗粒总接触各向异性更加明显,APR值增大且正负值呈集中分布。展开更多
基金Supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project of China(No.2011ZX05026-004)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51309047 and No.51509032)
文摘A constitutive model for methane hydrate-bearing sediment(MHBS)is essential for the analysis of mechanical response of MHBS to the change of hydrate saturation caused by gas extraction. A new elasto-plastic constitutive model is built in order to simulate the mechanical behavior of MHBS in this paper. This model represents more significant mechanical properties of MHBS such as bonding, higher stiffness, softening and stress-strain nonlinear relationship. The bonding behavior can be described by use of a parameter related to mechanical hydrate saturation. Higher stiffness can be modeled by the introduction of hydrate saturation into traditional expression of soil stiffness. Softening can be controlled by a function describing the relationship between cohesion and bonding structure factor. Dilatancy can be estimated by establishing the relationship between the lateral strain and axial strain. Meanwhile, the hypothesis of isotropic expanding is applied to the calculation of the volumetric strain. The stress-strain curves under different hydrate saturation conditions predicted by the proposed model are in good agreement with the test data. All the coefficients can be easily obtained by the triaxial test of MHBS.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51639008 and No.51890911)State Key Lab.of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering(Grant No.SLDRCE14-A-04),which is greatly appreciated.
文摘In this study,the Discrete Element Method(DEM)was employed to investigate numerically the effects of hydrate cementation and intermediate principal stress on the stress-dilatancy relation of graincementing type methane hydrate-bearing sediment(MHBS)by conducting a series of conventional and true triaxial tests.A novel 3D thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical(THMC)contact model for MHBS was employed.The numerical results show that with increasing hydrate saturation and back pressure,or decreasing confining pressure,temperature and salinity,the stress-dilation relation of grain-cementing type MHBS evolves from dilation-dominant to bond-dominant.For the clean sand samples,the relationship between the normalized stress ratio h/Mcr and the dilatancy rate d is close under different intermediate principal stress coefficients.However,for the MHBS samples,this relationship is still affected by the intermediate principal stress coefficient b,due to the effect of hydrate cementation.
文摘天然气水合物以胶结及孔隙填充等形式存在于深海能源土中,开采时因其分解会劣化地层力学特性进而引发海底事故,使得人们对能源土开采过程进行中力学特性的变化愈发重视。在前期室内试验的基础上,将一个温度-水压-力学二维微观胶结模型引入离散元商业软件PFC2D中,通过对排气、排水性较好的土体进行升温及降压法开采进行数值模拟,并将模拟结果与相同条件下的室内试验结果对比,验证了该胶结模型的适用性。进一步分析了颗粒接触分布与颗粒平均纯转动率(averaged pure rotation rate,APR)在水合物分解时的变化情况。升温分解过程中随温度升高,颗粒总接触分布各向异性程度增大;胶结接触逐渐减少并始终保持主方向为水平方向,无胶结接触增多并始终保持主方向为竖直方向;APR值逐渐增大且正负值分布逐渐趋于集中。降压分解过程中随反(水)压降低,颗粒总接触由各向同性分布逐渐发展为主方向为竖直方向的各向异性,APR值较小且分布均匀;恢复反压后,试样进一步破坏,颗粒总接触各向异性更加明显,APR值增大且正负值呈集中分布。
基金国家自然科学基金(No.51474197,No.51661165011)国家重点研发计划(No.2016YFC0304002)+1 种基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51474197,51661165011)the National Key Research and Development Plan of China(2016YFC0304002)
