The effect of the nanogranular nature of shale on their poroelastic behavior

Acta Geotechnica

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-182

  Ortega, J Alberto ^a   Ulm, Franz Josef ^a   Abousleiman, Younane ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Biot pore pressure coefficients; Granular material; Microporomechanics; Packing density; Poroelasticity; Self consistent model; Shale; Skempton coefficients

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BULK DENSITY; CALIBRATION; CLAY MINERAL; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MICROMECHANICS; PORE PRESSURE; POROELASTICITY; SHALE; STIFFNESS; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY;

EID: 34548507794     PISSN: 18611125     EISSN: 18611133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11440-007-0038-8     Document Type: Article

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