[en] Two or more different fluids generally saturate chalk in oil reservoir, and therefore its behaviour can be very complicated. In this paper, a constitutive law is proposed for modelling the mechanical behaviour of a chalk saturated by two non-miscible fluids, water and oil. The effects of the capillary pressure or suction are taken into account. They are considered as an independent variable, as in the Barcelona's basic model developed for unsaturated soils. On the other hand, internal friction and pore collapse are modelled as independent mechanisms. The determination of the parameters is based on triaxial and oedometer tests. Finally, in order to validate the model, predictions are compared with experimental results of water-flooding test. Copyright (C) 2002 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.
Disciplines :
Civil engineering
Author, co-author :
Collin, Frédéric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Argenco : Secteur GEO3 > Géomécanique et géologie de l'ingénieur
Cui, Yu Jun; Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées > Institut Navier > CERMES
Schroeder, Christian ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Argenco : Secteur GEO3 > Géomécanique et géologie de l'ingénieur
Charlier, Robert ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Argenco: Secteur GEO3 > Géomécanique et Géologie de l'Ingénieur
Language :
English
Title :
Mechanical behaviour of Lixhe chalk partly saturated by oil and water: experiment and modelling
Publication date :
2002
Journal title :
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
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