Seepage Force and Its Direct Mechanical Effects in Hydrate-Bearing Porous Media

Lifeng Zeng, Longtan Shao, Xiaoxia Guo, Timothy S. Collett
2021 Geofluids  
The direct mechanical effects of seepage force on the behavior of hydrate-bearing porous media (HBPM) have commonly been neglected in previous studies. In this work, the physical nature of seepage force in hydrate-bearing porous media under saturated and unsaturated seepage conditions was adequately explained, and then, the direct effects of seepage force on the mechanical behavior of HBPM were quantified. Therefore, the results obtained in this manuscript provide a new insight to evaluate the direct mechanical effects of seepage force.
doi:10.1155/2021/5569665 fatcat:h5vydphpfzbrxl67zf4poccwrm