Effects of Pore Geometry and Pore Structure on Dry P-Wave Velocity

Suryo Prakoso, Pudji Permadi and Sonny Winardhie

Modern Applied Science, 2016, vol. 10, issue 8, 117

Abstract: The behavior of compressional or P-wave velocity passing through natural porous rocks with heterogeneous and irregular shapes of the pore system is not well understood. The present study implemented a modified Kozeny equation to characterize pore attributes, pore geometry and structure, in an attempt to investigate factors influencing the velocity. This equation is in the form of a power law one from which a concept of similarity in pore attributes can be derived. Employing a large number of data of porous sandstones, the results show that a similarity in the pore attribute plays an important role in relating the velocity with the details of geometry and structure of the pores system. For a given group of rocks having similar pore structure, an increase in the pore geometry variable, (k/f)0.5, tends to increase the velocity provided that the increase in the geometry is due to an increase in permeability followed by a decrease in porosity. Overall, the prediction of P-wave velocity is best obtained when the rocks are grouped according to pore structure similarity.

Date: 2016
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