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High Pressure Research
An International Journal
Volume 39, 2019 - Issue 3
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Compression of porous aluminum: combined ultrasonic and microtomography measurements with lattice-Boltzmann permeability simulations

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Pages 438-456 | Received 25 Jan 2019, Accepted 11 Jun 2019, Published online: 11 Jul 2019
 

ABSTRACT

Combined ultrasonic and X-ray microtomography measurements in situ at high pressure, in conjunction with lattice-Boltzmann simulations, enabled simultaneous investigation several physical parameters including: elastic wave velocities (vp and vs); apparent Poisson’s ratio; pore structure; porosity; and permeability. Experiments were conducted on a simple analog material, porous mold-quality aluminum, in a Paris-Edinburgh cell from 0.14 to 1.36 GPa. Porosity was observed to have a strong inverse dependence on pressure up to ∼0.9 GPa, while permeability has an anisotropic dependence on pressure. Elastic wave velocity (vp, vs) and apparent Poisson’s ratio all increase with pressure, with vp agreeing well with the Hashin–Shtrikman upper bound at lower pressures and higher porosities. These results demonstrate a new methodology combining experimental and analytical methods to provide cross-property links between microscopic structure and macroscopic elastic properties. Future investigations on more complex Earth materials may have important implications for our understanding of the composition of the deep Earth.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Heather C. Watson http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4307-6518

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Funding

This research used resources of the Advanced Photon Source, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.

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