On: “Elastic properties of unconsolidated porous sand reservoirs,” by S. N. Domenico (GEOPHYSICS, December 1977, p. 1339–1368).

Geophysics ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 830-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. S. Brown ◽  
J. Korringa
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Elastic Properties ◽  
Acoustic Waves ◽  
Glass Bead ◽  
Coupling Factor ◽  
Saturated Porous Media ◽  
Extensive Discussion ◽  
Acoustic Velocities ◽  
Fluid Saturated Porous Media ◽  
Biot’S Equations

Domenico gives a valuable set of data on acoustic velocities in a sand pack and a glass bead pack with various brine saturations and various pressures. There are, however, two difficulties with the extensive discussion of the data in terms of the fluid‐solid coupling factor k in Biot’s equations for acoustic waves in fluid‐saturated porous media, and there is given a wrong relationship among some compressibilities. We are addressing these points and not reviewing the paper as a whole.

Semi-analytical finite element method for simulating chemical dissolution-front instability problems in fluid-saturated porous media

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chongbin Zhao ◽  
B.E. Hobbs ◽  
Alison Ord
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Chemical Dissolution ◽  
Saturated Porous Media ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Front Instability ◽  
Fluid Saturated Porous Media ◽  
Dissolution Front ◽  
Element Method

PurposeThe objective of this paper is to develop a semi-analytical finite element method for solving chemical dissolution-front instability problems in fluid-saturated porous media.Design/methodology/approachThe porosity, horizontal and vertical components of the pore-fluid velocity and solute concentration are selected as four fundamental unknown variables for describing chemical dissolution-front instability problems in fluid-saturated porous media. To avoid the use of numerical integration, analytical solutions for the property matrices of a rectangular element are precisely derived in a purely mathematical manner. This means that the proposed finite element method is a kind of semi-analytical method. The column pivot element solver is used to solve the resulting finite element equations of the chemical dissolution-front instability problem.FindingsThe direct use of horizontal and vertical components of the pore-fluid velocity as fundamental unknown variables can improve the accuracy of the related numerical solution. The column pivot element solver is useful for solving the finite element equations of a chemical dissolution-front instability problem. The proposed semi-analytical finite element method can produce highly accurate numerical solutions for simulating chemical dissolution-front instability problems in fluid-saturated porous media.Originality/valueAnalytical solutions for the property matrices of a rectangular element are precisely derived for solving chemical dissolution-front instability problems in fluid-saturated porous media. The proposed semi-analytical finite element method provides a useful way for understanding the underlying dynamic mechanisms of the washing land method involved in the contaminated land remediation.

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