Seismoelectric waves in a borehole excited by an external explosive source

The conversion of energy between seismic and electromagnetic wave fields has been described by Pride's coupled equations in porous media. In this paper, the seismoelectric field excited by the explosive point source located at the outside of the borehole is studied. The scattering fields inside and outside a borehole are analyzed and deduced under the boundary conditions at the interface between fluid and porous media. The influences of the distance of the point source, multipole components of the eccentric explosive source, and the receiving position along the axis of vertical borehole, on the converted waves inside the borehole are all investigated. When the distance from the acoustic source to the axis of a borehole is far enough, the longitudinal and coseismic longitudinal wave packets dominate the acoustic and electric field, respectively. The three components of both electric field and magnetic field can be detected, and the radial electric field is mainly excited and converted by the dipole component. Owing to the existence of borehole, the electric fields and magnetic fields in the borehole are azimuthal. The distance from the point where the maximum amplitude of the axial components of electric field is recorded, to the origin of coordinate indicates the horizontal distance from the explosive source to the axis of vertical borehole.

Frequency domain fundamental solutions for a poroelastic half-space

In frequency domain, the fundamental solutions for a poroelastic half-space are re-derived in the context of Biot＇s theory. Based on Biot＇s theory, the governing field equations for the dynamic poroelasicity are established in terms of solid displacement and pore pressure. A method of potentials in cylindrical coordinate system is proposed to decouple the homogeneous Biot＇s wave equations into four scalar Helmholtz equations, and the general solutions to these scalar wave equations are obtained. After that, spectral Green＇s functions for a poroelastic full-space are found through a decomposition of solid displacement, pore pressure, and body force fields. Mirror-image technique is then applied to construct the half-space fundamental solutions.Finally, transient responses of the half-space to buried point forces are examined.

Wave Propagation Across Acoustic/Biot’s Media:A Finite-Difference Method

Numerical methods are developed to simulate the wave propagation in heterogeneous 2D fluid/poroelastic media.Wave propagation is described by the usual acoustics equations(in the fluid medium)and by the low-frequency Biot’s equations(in the porous medium).Interface conditions are introduced to model various hydraulic contacts between the two media:open pores,sealed pores,and imperfect pores.Well-posedness of the initial-boundary value problem is proven.Cartesian grid numerical methods previously developed in porous heterogeneous media are adapted to the present context:a fourth-order ADER scheme with Strang splitting for timemarching;a space-time mesh-refinement to capture the slow compressional wave predicted by Biot’s theory;and an immersed interface method to discretize the interface conditions and to introduce a subcell resolution.Numerical experiments and comparisons with exact solutions are proposed for the three types of interface conditions,demonstrating the accuracy of the approach.

Analytical Solution for Waves Propagation in Heterogeneous Acoustic/Porous Media. Part I: The 2D Case

Thanks to the Cagniard-de Hoop’s method we derive the solution to theproblem of wave propagation in an infinite bilayered acoustic/poroelastic media, wherethe poroelastic layer is modelled by the biphasic Biot’s model. This first part is dedi-cated to solution to the two-dimensional problem. We illustrate the properties of thesolution, which will be used to validate a numerical code.

Analytical Solution for Waves Propagation in Heterogeneous Acoustic/Porous Media. Part II: The 3D Case

We are interested in the modeling of wave propagation in an infinite bilayered acoustic/poroelastic media. We consider the biphasic Biot’s model in the poroelastic layer. The first part was devoted to the calculation of analytical solution in twodimensions, thanks to Cagniard de Hoop method. In the first part (Diaz and Ezziani,Commun. Comput. Phys., Vol. 7, pp. 171-194) solution to the two-dimensional problem is considered. In this second part we consider the 3D case.