Relationship between Induced Polarization Relaxation Time and Hydraulic Characteristics of Water-Bearing Sand
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Abstract
The induced polarization method has become a popular method for evaluating formation permeability characteristics in recent years because of its sensitivity to water and water-bearing porous media. In particular, the induced polarization relaxation time can reflect the macroscopic characteristics of the porous media of rock and soil. Therefore, in order to study the relationship between relaxation time and permeability, eight quartz sand samples of different grain sizes were used to simulate water-bearing sand layers under different geological conditions, and the induced polarization experiment and the Darcy seepage experiment were carried out on the same sand sample. The experimental results show that relaxation time and permeability are closely correlated with the grain size of quartz sand samples. According to the experimental data, the power function equation is a better fit for describing the relationship between permeability and relaxation time. It is worth noting that the equations obtained are only empirical equations for quartz sand samples, and they may not be applicable to all geological conditions.
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OpenAlex topics: Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques · Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods · Seismic Waves and Analysis
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Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
School of Qilu Transportation, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
Shandong Hi-Speed Group Co., Ltd., Jinan 250101, China
School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
General Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Planning and Design, Ministry of Water Resources, Beijing 100120, China
Funding
Science & Technology Program of Department of Transport of Shandong Province
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