TY - GEN

T1 - Attenuation in Fluid-Saturated Fractured Porous Media - Quasi-Static Numerical Upscaling and Wave Propagation Modeling

AU - Novikov, Mikhail

AU - Caspari, Eva

AU - Lisitsa, Vadim

AU - Quintal, Beatriz

AU - Rubino, J. Germán

AU - Holliger, Klaus

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - Several mechanisms can cause wave attenuation and velocity dispersion in fluid-saturated fractured porous media comprising, on the one hand, pressure diffusion phenomena, such as fracture-to-background (FB) and fracture-to-fracture (FF) wave-induced flow (WIFF), and, on the other hand, dynamic effects, such as scattering and Biot global flow. In this study, we compare attenuation estimates from wave propagation simulations based on Biot's dynamic equations with corresponding estimates from a numerical upscaling approach based on quasi-static poroelasticity. The former is able to capture all aforementioned attenuation mechanisms and their interplay, though detailed interpretations tend to be difficult. The latter only accounts for pressure diffusion phenomena and thus will be guiding the physical interpretation. We verify that the attenuation behavior caused by pressure diffusion due to FB WIFF is equivalent for both approaches. The results for FF WIFF are less conclusive. We also observe that scattering may be affected by pressure diffusion phenomena.

AB - Several mechanisms can cause wave attenuation and velocity dispersion in fluid-saturated fractured porous media comprising, on the one hand, pressure diffusion phenomena, such as fracture-to-background (FB) and fracture-to-fracture (FF) wave-induced flow (WIFF), and, on the other hand, dynamic effects, such as scattering and Biot global flow. In this study, we compare attenuation estimates from wave propagation simulations based on Biot's dynamic equations with corresponding estimates from a numerical upscaling approach based on quasi-static poroelasticity. The former is able to capture all aforementioned attenuation mechanisms and their interplay, though detailed interpretations tend to be difficult. The latter only accounts for pressure diffusion phenomena and thus will be guiding the physical interpretation. We verify that the attenuation behavior caused by pressure diffusion due to FB WIFF is equivalent for both approaches. The results for FF WIFF are less conclusive. We also observe that scattering may be affected by pressure diffusion phenomena.

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U2 - 10.1061/9780784480779.186

DO - 10.1061/9780784480779.186

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:85026314725

SP - 1499

EP - 1506

BT - Poromechanics 2017 - Proceedings of the 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics

PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

T2 - 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Poromechanics 2017

Y2 - 9 July 2017 through 13 July 2017

ER -