HR: 08:45h
AN: H21L-04 INVITED    [Abstracts]
TI: Pressure Transients in a Fluid-Filled Spherical Cavity in an Extended Porous Medium
AU: * Selvadurai, P
EM: patrick.selvadurai@mcgill.ca
AF: Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, McGill University, 2nd floor, Burnside Hall, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Que H3A 2K6, Canada
AB: This paper examines the problem of the pressurization of a fluid-filled cavity in a fluid-saturated porous medium of infinite extent. The problem is of interest in connection with experimental configurations that can be used to determine the permeability characteristics of low permeability materials where both the compressibility of the porous skeleton and that of the fluid are important. The paper presents theoretical results that can be used to estimate not only the permeability of the medium but also the bulk skeletal compressibility and porosity of the porous solid.
DE: 1822 Geomechanics
DE: 1859 Rocks: physical properties
SC: Hydrology [H]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting