Article Dans Une Revue Geophysical Research Letters Année : 2023

Microstructural Controls on the Uniaxial Compressive Strength of Porous Rocks Through the Granular to Non‐Granular Transition

Fabian Wadsworth

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Abstract Under uniaxial compression, a porous rock fails by coalescence of stress‐induced microcracks. The micromechanical models developed to analyze uniaxial compressive strength data consider a single mechanism for the initiation and propagation of microcracks and a fixed starting microstructure. Because the microstructure of clastic porous rock transitions from granular to non‐granular as porosity decreases during diagenesis, their strength cannot be captured by a single model. Using synthetic samples with independently controlled porosity and initial grain radius we show that high‐porosity granular samples, where microcracks grow at grain‐to‐grain contacts, are best described by a grain‐based model. Low‐porosity non‐granular samples, where microcracks grow from pores, are best described by a pore‐based model. The switch from one model to the other depends on porosity and grain radius. We propose a regime plot that indicates which micromechanical model may be more suitable to predict strength for a given porosity and grain radius.

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hal-04305615 , version 1 (25-11-2023)

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Lucille Carbillet, Fabian Wadsworth, Michael Heap, Patrick Baud. Microstructural Controls on the Uniaxial Compressive Strength of Porous Rocks Through the Granular to Non‐Granular Transition. Geophysical Research Letters, 2023, 50 (21), ⟨10.1029/2023GL104678⟩. ⟨hal-04305615⟩
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