Micro-scale effects of stylolite orientation on the motion of tensile failure: A study analyzing strain fields of stylolite limestones using Particle Image Velocimetry

Many laboratory tests of samples where the rock fractures are based on<br/>meso-scale (cm) characterization of effective ‘intact’ strength parameters neglecting the microstructure effects. Understanding fracturing processes at<br/>micro-scale (mm) will require models with microstructure data. However,<br/>data is lacking on micro-scale.<br/...

The use of Elastocoast in breakwater research

In this report will be explained how breakwaters can be made with the use of Elastocoast, a sort of glue. This makes it possible to fix the individual rocks, and allows repetitive tests possible with exactly the same layer properties. We made six samples of breakwater rock layers, made with Elastocoast and stones, which can be placed and tested...

Gaining a Porosity- Permeability relation by using the sandstone cuttings from the 'Delft Aardwarmte Project (DAP)'

Efficiency is becoming nowadays more and more relevant. The more efficient people can perform tasks, the better it is. This is also the case for doing research. The main purpose of this thesis is to gain a permeability- porosity relation of the Delft Sandstone using cuttings, that were gathered during exploration drilling. Cuttings are irregular...

Specific Cementing of Reservoir Rock with Dual Permeability

The idea of this thesis is to use the technique for applications in petroleum engineering. This has been previously thought about, and the biogrouting technique has already been verified in the laboratory to work in a well (much larger pressure and temperature) (Latil e.a. 2008). The purpose of this thesis is to examine if the technique can be...