Abstract
Marine sediment is an important channel for methane leakage from the earth interior to the atmosphere. The investigation of gas invasion in fine-grained marine sediments is of great theoretical and practical significance in marine science and engineering. To study the mechanical mechanisms of fine-grained marine sediments subjected to shallow gas invasion, a gas injection test with a self-developed experimental apparatus was performed, and the gas invasion behavior was investigated. The results showed that the behavior of gas invasion in fine-grained sediments can be divided into different phases; the fracturing direction β gradually changes from vertical to horizontal, and finally fractures along the roof. Based on the 2D undrained elliptical cavity model and the tensile strength of sediments, considering both tensile and shear failure modes, a discrimination criteria of gas invasion was proposed. It revealed that gas invasion gradually changes from shear failure to tensile failure, and the fracturing angle θ predicted by the criteria is consistent with the experimental phenomenon.
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