Effect of Cracks on Elastic Properties of Low Porosity Rocks by Terrence Patrick Todd Submitted to the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences on May 1, 1973, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Microcracks in terrestrial and lunar rocks significantly alter elastic, thermal, and mechanical properties. The degree to which microcracks alter physica...

In this work, a tracer study on pore initiation in anodic alumina in oxalic acid was performed. Effects of some experimental parameters such as applied electrical potential, electrolyte composition and heat pretreatment were evaluated. Electrochemical and morphological experiments were performed using potentiostatic anodizing and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques, respectively. Effe...

This paper investigates the effect of different methods of carbon nanotubes distribution in a thin matrix on static and dynamic behavior of the nanocomposite. Five different symmetric patterns of distribution are considered, including four parabolic patterns and a linear one. For each pattern, the effective mechanical properties of the resultant nanocomposite are calculated using the rule of mi...

Since density is considered as one of the most important numerical indices to explain quantitative values of a plant community by affecting on many aspects and activity of ecosystem, on the other hand, awareness about plants distribution pattern in environment is an essential preparation for measurement and study of vegetative cover, therefore, in this research determination of density and dist...

Rapid sedimentation by fine-grained sediments on the upper slope of the New Jersey margin has generated nearly lithostatic fluid pressures. We use measured porosity from ODP Site 1073 to predict the in situ fluid pressures. We then simulate the pressure history with one-dimensional and two-dimensional sedimentation-compaction models. Two-dimensional models simulate a compaction-driven flow fiel...

Tight reservoir means reservoir of low porosity and low permeability. Many tight formations are extremely complex, produced from multiple layers with different permeability that is often enhanced by natural fracturing. The complicity of these reservoirs is attributed to a) Low porosity and low permeability reservoir, b) The presence of clay minerals like illite, kaolin and micas in pores, c) Th...