Digital rock physics: numerical prediction of pressure-dependent ultrasonic velocities using micro-CT imaging

C Madonna, BSG Almqvist… - Geophysical Journal …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Digital rock physics combines modern microscopic imaging with advanced numerical
simulations to analyse the physical properties of rocks. Elastic-wave propagation modelling …

Upscaling Permeability Using Multiscale X‐Ray‐CT Images With Digital Rock Modeling and Deep Learning Techniques

F Jiang, Y Guo, T Tsuji, Y Kato… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents a workflow to predict the upscaled absolute permeability of the rock core
direct from CT images whose resolution is not sufficient to allow direct pore‐scale …

Digital rock analysis to estimate stress-sensitive rock permeabilities

F Al Balushi, AD Taleghani - Computers and Geotechnics, 2022 - Elsevier
Reservoir deformations due to stress changes may have a substantial impact on the
effective flow properties of reservoir rocks, which may potentially impact productivity and …

Analysis of high‐resolution X‐ray computed tomography images of Bentheim sandstone under elevated confining pressures

EH Saenger, M Lebedev, D Uribe, M Osorno… - Geophysical …, 2016 - earthdoc.org
ABSTRACT A sample of Bentheim sandstone was characterized using high‐resolution three‐
dimensional X‐ray microscopy at two different confining pressures of 1 MPa and 20 MPa …

Rock compressibility from microcomputed tomography images: Controls on digital rock simulations

N Saxena, R Hofmann, A Hows, EH Saenger… - …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Rock compressibility is a major control of reservoir compaction, yet only limited core
measurements are available to constrain estimates. Improved analytical and computational …

3D imaging and simulation of elastic properties of porous materials

M Madadi, AC Jones, CH Arns… - Computing in Science …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
3D Imaging and Simulation of Elastic Properties of Porous Materials Page 1 JULY/AUGUST
2009 Copublished by the IEEE CS and the AIP 1521-9615/09/$25.00 © 2009 IEEE 65 C …

Reconstructing the microstructure of real gap-graded soils in DEM: Application to internal instability

M Ahmadi, M Madadi, M Disfani, T Shire, G Narsilio - Powder Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a new technique that enables considering the impact of soil fabric on
microstructure of internally unstable gap-graded soil. The influence of soil fabric on …

Impact of the cracks lost in the imaging process on computing linear elastic properties from 3D microtomographic images of Berea sandstone

Y Zhang, MN Toksöz - Geophysics, 2012 - library.seg.org
With the current developments in imaging/computational techniques and resources,
computational rock physics has been emerging as a new field of study. Properties of rocks …

Prediction of rock elastic moduli based on a micromechanical finite element model

Z Sun, R Salazar-Tio, L Duranti, B Crouse… - Computers and …, 2021 - Elsevier
We present a finite element simulation approach to compute rock elastic moduli that is
based on a grain-grain contact methodology, moving away from the common approach of …

Integrated numerical and laboratory rock physics applied to seismic characterization of reservoir rocks

B Quintal, M Frehner, C Madonna, N Tisato… - The Leading …, 2011 - library.seg.org
A good understanding of the effect of rock and pore-fluid properties on seismic waves is
necessary for the characterization of a subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir from a seismic data …