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Abstract

Elastic moduli of rocks derived from its powder is a new concept and can be applied in practical geophysics studies. To develop this concept, we make ultrasonic velocity measurement on granular packs of quartz sand. We calculate dynamic elastic moduli from that measurement and invert afterwards to find the shear modulus of quartz. The inversion technique follows Extended Walton Model that relies on the grain’s contact surface condition between infinitely rough and perfectly smooth. We use different coordination numbers from previous studies (for different samples) in the process of forward modelling and inversion. Forward models have good match with the laboratory measurements both in bulk and shear moduli of the granular pack. Our overall inverted results for the shear modulus are stable and close to actual shear modulus of quartz. However, the coordination numbers that has better match in forward modelling a little bit overestimates shear modulus. On the contrary, the coordination numbers that predicts the higher effective moduli of the pack is giving closest result. As the experiment set up and procedure are simple and robust, this technique can be extended and run in very rigorous situation such as at hard rock drilling rig site to get the elastic properties of the penetrated rocks in real time, where the effective elastic moduli of a grain can be represented as a statistical averaging of elastic moduli of hard rock minerals. This information can be helpful for planning and monitoring the ongoing drilling procedure. It can also be a replacement of solid cores that are missing or damaged for elasticity study.

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Keyword(s): coordination number; Extended Walton Model; granular media; shear modulus; ultrasonic measurement

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