一种描述天然气水合物分解过程沉积物力学特性的本构模型

    Constitutive model for methane hydrate-bearing sediments describing mechanical properties during hydrate dissociation

    • 摘要: 水合物沉积物应力划分本构框架(SPF-MHBS)认为,作用在沉积物上的有效应力由骨架颗粒和水合物共同承担,两组分遵循独立的本构关系并协调变形,可天然反映加载或相变时应力在骨架和水合物间转移并引发变形的过程。基于SPF-MHBS框架,研究对骨架采用黏土与砂土统一硬化(CSUH)本构模型,引入受水合物饱和度影响的“等效孔隙比”体现水合物对骨架密实度、剪胀性等特征的影响,对水合物采用一种各向同性弹性损伤模型,可体现加卸载、分解或温度/压力变化对水合物力学特性的影响,联合构建了可描述水合物分解过程沉积物力学特性的本构模型。经检验,模型可统一描述粉质和砂质水合物沉积物在不同条件下的等向压缩、排水剪切及分解过程的应力-应变关系。

       

      Abstract: The stress partitioning constitutive framework for methane hydrate-bearing sediments (SPF-MHBS) assumes that the skeleton matrix and hydrates share the effective stress on the MHBS while deforming under the same strain, allowing independent establishment of constitutive relations for the two components. Based on this concept, the effective stress transfer between the hydrate and the skeleton matrix during loading and hydrate dissociation is naturally captured under both constant and changing hydrate saturation conditions. This study constructs a constitutive model based on SPF-MHBS, which can describe the mechanical properties of MHBS during hydrate decomposition. The clay and sand unified hardening (CSUH) model is applied to the skeleton, by introducing the "equivalent void ratio" considering the influence of hydrates on the compactness and dilation characteristics of the skeleton. An isotropic elastic damage model is adopted for hydrate, which can reflect the strength variations of hydrate during loading/unloading, dissociation, and temperature/pressure changes. Compared with the laboratory test results, it is verified that the model can uniformly describe the stress-strain relationships of both silty and sandy hydrate-bearing sediments under various isotropic compression, drained shear, and dissociation conditions.

       

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