IMPLICATION OF FRACTAL GEOMETRY FOR FLUID-FLOW PROPERTIES OF SEDIMENTARY-ROCKS

被引:86
作者
MULLER, J
MCCAULEY, JL
机构
[1] Institutt for energiteknikk, Kjeller, 2007
关键词
FRACTAL; MULTIFRACTAL; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; PERMEABILITY;
D O I
10.1007/BF00617114
中图分类号
TQ [化学工业];
学科分类号
0817 ;
摘要
It is demonstrated that a certain amount of order can be extracted from an apparently random distribution of pores in sedimentary rocks by exploiting the scaling characteristics of the geometry of the porespace with the help of fractal statistics. A simple fractal model of a sedimentary rock is built, and is tested against both the Archie law for conductivity and the Carman-Kozeny equation for permeability. We demonstrate how multifractal scaling of pore-volume can be used as a tool for rock characterization by computing its experimental f(alpha) spectrum, which can be modelled by a simple two-scale Cantor set.
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页码:133 / 147
页数:15
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