Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this suggested method (SM) is to present a set of unified recommendations for water (single-phase, wetting pore fluid) saturation of rock in laboratory experiments associated with a constant bulk modulus of fluid K f . Full water saturation is usually not the end in itself; it is often a prerequisite for hydromechanical testing of rock. However, measuring material parameters, e.g., poroelastic properties described in the SM for uniaxial-strain compressibility testing for reservoir geomechanics (Dudley et al. 2016 ), is outside the scope of this SM. Apparatus, procedures, and calculations are described, with an emphasis on how they are adapted to the permeability of the rock sample. Water–rock chemical interactions, as well as rate dependence (e.g., creep), are assumed to be negligible at the time scale of the laboratory experiment, meaning that this SM applies to rock with insignificant water sensitivity.
Authors: J. Labuz, J. Sulem, F. Amann, P. Asem, P. Braun, P. Delage, E. Detournay, J. Fortin, S. Ghabezloo, D. Hart, R. Kiuru, R. Makhnenko, E. Papamichos, J. Sarout, J. Stenebråten, S. Vialle, R. Zimmerman
Institutions: University of Minnesota, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École nationale des ponts et chaussées, Laboratoire Navier, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Université Gustave Eiffel, RWTH Aachen University, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, École Normale Supérieure - PSL, Laboratoire de Géologie de l’École Normale Supérieure, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, Aalto University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, SINTEF Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australian Resources Research Centre, Curtin University, Imperial College London
Language: English
Topic: Rock Mechanics and Modeling
Subfield: Mechanics of Materials
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,990
Funder: Princeton University
OpenAlex ID: W4416135465