Abstract
It is of great significance to study the mechanical behavior and permeability properties of hydrate-bearing sediments for a safe, efficient, and sustainable exploitation of hydrate. However, most of the studies conducted so far have focused only on a single stress field or seepage field, which is detached from practical engineering. In this paper, a new integrated experimental system (IES) was proposed, which realizes the coupling study of stress and seepage. The main body of IES is a triaxial subsystem and a seepage subsystem. The triaxial subsystem can realize in situ synthesis and triaxial shear of hydrate-bearing sediments (HBS). Stable seepage can be effectively formed using a constant pressure infusion pump and a back pressure valve. A series of shear-seepage coupling tests were carried out to verify the effectiveness of the IES and explore the stress-seepage coupling characteristics of HBS. The results show that stress has a significant influence on permeability, and its essence is the stress compression on the seepage channel. The stress-strain relationship, volume response, and permeability are related to each other. The permeability will be affected by the coupling of hydrate saturation (pore plugging), effective confining pressure (pore compression), and shear (fracture generation).
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