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A critical porosity model establishes the empirical relationship between a grain matrix and a dry rock by the concept of critical porosity. The model is simple and practical and widely used. But the critical porosity in the model is a fixed value that cannot relate to pore structure. The aim of this paper is to establish the theoretical relationship between critical porosity and pore structure by combining Kuster–Toksöz theory with the critical porosity model. Different from the traditional critical porosity model, critical porosity is not an empirical value but varied with pore shape and the ratio of bulk modulus versus shear modulus of the grain matrix. The substitution of the theoretical relationship into Kuster–Toksöz theory will generate the formulae for the bulk and shear moduli of multiple‐porosity dry rocks, which is named the multiple‐porosity variable critical porosity model. The new model has been used to predict elastic moduli for sandstone and carbonate rock. We compare the modelling results for P‐ and S‐wave velocities and elastic moduli with the experimental data. The comparison shows that the new model can be used to describe the elastic properties for the rocks with multiple pore types.

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Rock physics modelling of porous rocks with multiple pore types: a multiple‐porosity variable critical porosity model
Geophysical Prospecting 68, 955 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2478.12898
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Keyword(s): Critical porosity model; Elastic moduli; Kuster–Toksöz theory; Multiple‐porosity; Pore shape

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