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    Hydro-chemo-mechanical coupling in sediments: Localized mineral dissolution

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    Authors
    Cha, Minsu
    Santamarina, Carlos cc
    KAUST Department
    Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC)
    Earth Science and Engineering Program
    Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
    Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
    Date
    2016-06-20
    Online Publication Date
    2016-06-20
    Print Publication Date
    2016-09
    Permanent link to this record
    http://hdl.handle.net/10754/613688
    
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    Abstract
    Mineral dissolution is inherently a chemo-hydro-mechanical coupled process. Field evidence and laboratory results show that dissolution may localize and form open conduits in cohesive media such as carbonate rocks. This study focuses on the evolution of localized dissolution in soils (i.e., frictional and non-cohesive granular materials) under effective confining stresses. Experimental results show the development of localized dissolution (“pipe”) when a carbonate-quartz sand is subjected to reactive fluid flow: only loosely packed quartz grains remain within pipes, and the number of pipes decreases away from the inlet port. Concurrent shear wave velocity measurements show a decrease in stiffness during dissolution due to stress and fabric changes, and more complex signal codas anticipate the development of internal heterogeneity. The discrete element method is used to simulate localized vertical dissolution features in granular materials, under constant vertical stress and zero lateral strain far-field boundaries. As porosity increases along dissolution pipes, vertical load is transferred to the surrounding soils and marked force chains develop. In terms of equivalent stress, principal stress rotation takes place within pipes and the sediment reaches the Coulomb failure condition inside pipes and in the surrounding medium. Dissolution pipes alter the geo-plumbing of the subsurface, enhance fluid transport but limit the long term performance of storage systems, alter the fluid pressure and effective stress fields, soften the sediment and may trigger shear failures.
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    Hydro-chemo-mechanical coupling in sediments: Localized mineral dissolution 2016 Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment
    Sponsors
    Support for this research was provided by the Department of Energy Savannah River Operations Office led by Dr. B. Gutierrez. Additional support was provided by the Goizueta Foundation. The authors are grateful to the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments.
    Publisher
    Elsevier BV
    Journal
    Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment
    DOI
    10.1016/j.gete.2016.06.001
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    http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352380816300454
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    10.1016/j.gete.2016.06.001
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    Articles; Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC); Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division; Earth Science and Engineering Program

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