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A poroelastic model for ultrasonic wave attenuation in partially frozen brines

부분 동결된 소금물에서의 초음파감쇠에 대한 다공성탄성 모델

  • Matsushima, Jun (Frontier Research Center for Energy and Resources, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo) ;
  • Nibe, Takao (Frontier Research Center for Energy and Resources, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo) ;
  • Suzuki, Makoto (Frontier Research Center for Energy and Resources, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo) ;
  • Kato, Yoshibumi (Frontier Research Center for Energy and Resources, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo) ;
  • Rokugawa, Shuichi (Department of Technology Management for Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)
  • Received : 2010.08.25
  • Accepted : 2010.11.30
  • Published : 2011.02.28
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Abstract

Although there are many possible mechanisms for the intrinsic seismic attenuation in composite materials that include fluids, relative motion between solids and fluids during seismic wave propagation is one of the most important attenuation mechanisms. In our previous study, we conducted ultrasonic wave transmission measurements on an ice-brine coexisting system to examine the influence on ultrasonic waves of the unfrozen brine in the pore microstructure of ice. In order to elucidate the physical mechanism responsible for ultrasonic wave attenuation in the frequency range of 350.600 kHz, measured at different temperatures in partially frozen brines, we employed a poroelastic model based on the Biot theory to describe the propagation of ultrasonic waves through partially frozen brines. By assuming that the solid phase is ice and the liquid phase is the unfrozen brine, fluid properties measured by a pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance technique were used to calculate porosities at different temperatures. The computed intrinsic attenuation at 500 kHz cannot completely predict the measured attenuation results from the experimental study in an ice-brine coexisting system, which suggests that other attenuation mechanisms such as the squirt-flow mechanism and wave scattering effect should be taken into account.

유체를 포함하는 혼합 매질에서의 탄성파 고유 감쇠에 대한 다양한 메커니즘 중, 탄성파 전파 시 고체와 유체 사이에서의 상대적 운동은 가장 중요한 감쇠 메커니즘 중의 하나이다. 선행 연구에서는 얼음의 미세 공극 안에 존재하는 소금물이 초음파의 전파에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위하여 얼음과 소금물이 공존하는 매질에서 초음파 전파 실험하였다. 부분적으로 동결된 소금물에서 각기 다른 온도에서의 초음파 감쇠의 물리적인 메커니즘을 350 ~ 600 kHz의 주파수 대역에서 규명하기 위하여, Biot 이론에 입각한 다공성의 탄생 모델을 도입하여 초음파의 전파를 측정하였다. 고체상은 얼음으로, 액체상은 소금물로 가정한 뒤 펄스 핵자기공명기술로 측정한 유체의 성질을 이용하여 각각의 온도에서의 공극률을 계산한 결과, 실험으로 측정한 감쇠값은 500 kHz에서 계산된 고유 감쇠값과 다르게 나타났으며 이는 squirt -flow 메커니즘과 파의 산란 효과와 같은 다른 감쇠 메커니즘도 고려해야 한다는 것을 의미한다.

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