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Structural Elements
BY
DIDI CHEKWUBE NNAMDI
PAU-UI-0704
DATE: 15-07-2022
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
• MEANING OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
• IDENTIFICATION
• ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
• SIGNIFICANCE
• CONCLUSION
MEANING OF STRUCTURAL
ELEMENTS
• STRUCTURE= FORM OR SHAPE.
• Covergent plate
boundaries
• Transform
boundaries
PLATE BOUNDARIES
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2.STRESS
• Compressive stress
• Tensile stress
• Shear stress
STRESS DIRECTIONS
3A.STRAIN
• Elastic strain
• Plastic (ductile)
• Brittle
STRAIN BEHAVIOR
3B.FORM
• Strain rate
M
• Rock type
• Temperature
N
• Pressure
M:Brittle deformation
N: Ductile deformation
• Depth
4A.ORIENTATION OR ATTITUDE
• Strike
• Dip
• Dip amount
N
4B.ORIENTATION OR ATTITUDE
• Thrust fault
• Lag fault
• Detachment fault
• Lystric fault
• Strike
• Dip amount
N
5.SCALE
Q
• Microscopic Rock fabric; mineral
alignment (John et
al.,2020)
• Mesoscopic (outcrop)
• Mega or macroscopic
(map)
S
R
• Normal fault
• Reverse fault
C
• ORIENTATION
Foliation=planar fabric
Lineation= linear fabric B
• Sedimentary structures
Unconformity
Pinchout
Truncation
Mud crack
Graded beddings
Crossbeds
Planer beds
Ripple marks
Cavities
Biotubations
Sedimentary structures,USA (Naseer,2018)
Load structures
9. TIME
• Synformational structures • Primary structures
• Post formational structures • Secondary structures
10A. ANGLE
• FOLD
Inter-limb angle
Gentle 180-1700
Open 170-900
Tight 90-100
Isoclinal 10-00
Ptygmatic or fan <00
(a) Parallel folds produced by buckling. (b) Similar folds. (c) Chevron folds. (d) Kink folds
(John et al.,2020)
10B. ANGLE
• FOLD PLUNGE
Hingline plunge
Subhorizontal 0-100
Gently plunging 10-300
Moderately plunging 30-600
Steeply plunging 60-800
Subvertical 80-900
Fold Profile
10C. ANGLE
• FOLD AXIAL SURFACE
Strike and dip of the axial
surface
Recubent 0-100
Gently inclined 10-300
Moderately inclined 30-600
Steeply inclined 60-800
Upright 80-900
Fold Profile
11A. SURFACE TRACE
• HARMONIC FOLD
Same inflection surface
trace, crest surface trace,
trough surface trace
• DIS-HARMONIC FOLD
Irregular inflection
surface trace, crest
surface trace, trough
surface trace
Fold Profile(John et al.,2020)
11B. SURFACE TRACE
• ENVELOPE FOLD
Multiple folds are
observed in the same
folded surface.
• PARASITIC FOLD
Fold Profile
ECONIMIC IMPORTANCE
• Environment of Deposition
• Paleo structural or tectonic
evolution
• Trap, Seal, Migration pathways
• Conduits for minerals
• Structural failure
• Barrier for engineering
construction
• Home for animals
• Shocks
Petroleum Trap (Ahaneku,2016)
• Structural analysis
SIGNIFICANCE
• Petroleum Geology
• Engineering Geology
• Hydrogeology
• Mining and Mineral
Explorations
Gold Vein(https://www.geologyin.com/2014/11/veins-and-hydrothermal-deposits.html)
CONCLUSION
• Structural geology is simply the study of rock
forms, origin, stress, and its benefits to
humanity.
FAULT MAPPING TECHNIQUES
BY
DIDI CHEKWUBE NNAMDI
PAU-UI-0704
DATE: 22-07-2022
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
• INTRODUCTION
• TYPES OF FAULT MAPPING TECHNIQUES
• ITS ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
• CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
• MAPPING TECHNIQUES
Surface Mapping
Outcrop description
Remote Sensing(DEM)
Subsurface Mapping
Well log interpretation
Seismic interpretation(Refle-Refra)
Core data analysis
Borehole Imaging
Magnetic data analysis
Surface Mapping Technique
Outcrop description
• Dip slip fault A
Normal fault (OYE-Stratigraphy)
Reverse fault (ROC-Stratigraphy)
Oblique fault
• Strike slip fault B C
Dextral
Sinistral
HANGING WALL
HANGING WALL
FOOT WALL
FOOT WALL
DEM: is a specialized
database that represents the
relief of a surface between
points of known elevation
Fig.6: (A)Digital elevation model (DEM), (B) Fault and lineament map and (C) Rose
diagram of faults and lineaments of the southern Sierra Nevada(Nadin, 2010)
Subsurface Mapping Technique
Well log interpretation B
A
Fig.7A: Stratigraphic correlation and fault Fig.7B: Wireline well log cross-section F to F' in two wells on
interpretation of wells in northern Bornu Basin both sides of Fault (Osmond, 2016)
(Olabode, 2015)
Subsurface Mapping Technique
Seismic interpretation
A B
D E
Fig.8A: Interpreted seismic section showing Fig.8B: Structural depths maps of reservoirs (sand D,
down-to-basin fault and graben crestal fault sand, E, and sand F), (Nwaezeapu et al., 2019)
(Nwaezeapu et al., 2019)
Subsurface Mapping Technique
Core data analysis
“Accurate orientation of
fractures in drill cores can be
critical for understanding
neotectonic stress, structural
history, and reservoir
productivity (Davison and
Haszeldine, 1984;Nelson et
al., 1987)”
Fig.11: Typical response of (A) Normal and (B) Reverse fault FMI logs(Hosseini, 2015)
Subsurface Mapping Technique
Magnetic data analysis
A B
Fig.12:Structural interpretation of magnetic data. (A) Extracted Magnetic basement fault on the
magnetic using FVD method. The trend of basement fault is NW-SE. (B) Basement fault Rose diagram
that shows direction of fault trend (NW)(Nabilou,2018)
Subsurface Mapping Technique
Magnetic data analysis cont’d
Fig.13: Structural interpretation of magnetic data. (a) Represents U.S. Geological Survey 30-m digital
raster elevation data (b) Total magnetic intensity (TMI ) and residual data are shown as stacked profiles in
(c) after removal of mean values for each profile. Residual TMI data for profiles A, D, G, and I are compared
to forward model curves
Subsurface Mapping Technique
Gravity data analysis
Fig14: Relative variation in observed gravity readings over different geological structures (Tilley, 2013).
ECONIMIC IMPORTANCE
• Environment of Deposition
• Paleo structural or tectonic
evolution
• Trap, Seal, Migration pathways
• Conduits for minerals
• Structural failure
• Barrier for engineering
construction
• Home for animals
• Shocks
Fig.15: Petroleum Trap (Ahaneku,2016)
• Structural analysis
CONCLUSION
• Fault is a discontinuity that has appreciable
displacement.
• Fault can be micro or macro.
• Fault can be mapped with various techniques
• Fault is an important element in Petroleum
system
• Fault can cause hazards
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
• ANY QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION ?
THANK YOU
SEAL INTEGRITY
BY
DIDI CHEKWUBE NNAMDI
PAU-UI-0704
DATE: 28-07-2022
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
• INTRODUCTION
• TYPES OF SEAL INTEGRITY
• HOW TO MEASURE SEAL INTEGRITY
• SIGNIFICANCE
• CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
• WHAT IS A SEAL ?
• Mechanical properties of a seal rock
• Function of lithology and regional stresses
• Structural permeability
• Fluid conducting fractures
TYPES OF SEAL INTEGRITY
• Lithological seal integrity
All impemeable rocks
• Fault seal integrity
All impemeable faults
SEAL INTEGRITY MEASUREMENT
• Laboratory
• Core examination
• Bore-hole imaging
• Petrographic studies
• Petrophysical properties
PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES
• CASE STUDY: Seal Integrity for a Hydrocarbon Reservoir in Niger
Delta Basin using brittleness index of the seal interval
• Method
Elastic properties of the seal interval
I. Young’s modulus and
II. Poisson’s ratio
HOW ?
I. By measuring the p- and s-wave velocity from well logs obtained
from a field in the Niger Delta
Vs=(0.7696Vp-867.35)m/s
REQUIRED FORMULA AND
PARAMETERS
Dynamic Poisson ratio
• dyn =
Vs=(0.7696Vp-867.35)m/s
DATA INTERPRETATION
Table I: Computed values of BRI(Onengiyeofori,2020)
DEPTH SONI P-WAVE S-WAVE YOUNG POISS BRITTL
DENSIT CTRA VELOC VELOCI 'SMOD ON'S ENESS
Y NSIT ITY,Vp TY, ULUS, RATIO, INDEX,
TIME Vs Edyn
dyn BRI
DEPTH OF 5 FT INTERVAL
Delineated Reservoir and Seal intervals
DATA INTERPRETATION
SERIOUS ISSUE
Table 1: Computed values of BRI (Onengiyeofori,2020) HOW DO WE CONVERT (𝜇𝑠/𝑓t) TO
DEPTH SONI P-WAVE S-WAVE YOUNG POISS BRITTL (m/s) ?
DENSIT CTRA VELOCI VELOC 'SMOD ON'S ENESS
Y NSIT TY,Vp ITY, ULUS, RATIO, INDEX,
TIME Vs Edyn IFT= 0.3048 METERS
dyn BRI
𝜇=10-6
(𝑓𝑡) (Kg/m3 ) (𝜇𝑠/𝑓t) (m/s) (m/s) Vp=1/(𝜇𝑠/𝑓t) = (𝑓t/𝜇𝑠)
11120.00 2189.00 88.98 3425.48 1766.85 18063.39 0.31809 0.23
11125.00 2192.00 90.10 3382.95 1736.47 17464.37 0.32113 0.22 SOLVE THIS
11130.00 2240.00 90.86 3354.65 1714.69 17428.74 0.32317 0.21
88.98𝜇𝑠/𝑓t to Vp (m/s) ?
11135.00 2241.00 88.96 3426.30 1769.84 18504.11 0.31804 0.24 Vp= ==3425.48m/s
11140.00 2292.00 88.35 3449.96 1788.05 19292.08 0.31637 0.26 Vs=(0.7696Vp-867.35)m/s
11145.00 2243.00 87.60 3479.49 1810.78 19332.22 0.31429 0.26
Vs=(0.769×3425.48-867.35)m/s=1766.85
DATA INTERPRETATION
SERIOUS ISSUE
Table I: Computed values of BRI(Onengiyeofori,2020) TAKE THE MEAN OF BRI TO GET THE
DEPTH SONI P-WAVE S-WAVE YOUNG POISS BRITTL FINAL ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM
DENSIT CTRA VELOCI VELOC 'SMOD ON'S ENESS
Y NSIT TY,Vp ITY, ULUS, RATIO, INDEX,
TIME Vs Edyn
dyn BRI
BRI==0.23
(𝑓𝑡) (Kg/m3 ) (𝜇𝑠/𝑓t) (m/s) (m/s)
11125.00 2192.00 90.10 3382.95 1736.47 17464.37 0.32113 0.22 WHAT IS YOUR OBSERVATION FROM
11130.00 2240.00 90.86 3354.65 1714.69 17428.74 0.32317 0.21 THE BRI RESULT OF THE SEAL ?
11135.00 2241.00 88.96 3426.30 1769.84 18504.11 0.31804 0.24
• Trap
• Reservoir
• Cost
• Fluid transport
• Timing
• Potential pressure
CONCLUSION
DATE: 5-08-2022
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
• INTRODUCTION
• TYPES OF FAULT SEAL ANLYSIS
• HOW TO DETERMINE FAULT SEALS
• SIGNIFICANCE
• CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
• WHAT IS A FAULT SEAL ?
• Mechanical properties of a seal rock
• Function of lithology and regional stresses
• Structural permeability
• Fluid conducting fractures
TYPES OF SEAL ANALYSIS
• Lithological seal analysis
All impemeable rocks
• Fault seal analysis
All impemeable faults
HOW TO DETERMINE FAULT SEAL
• Juxtaposition
Triangular method
• Formation processes of fault
Shear Guage Ratio
Shear Smear Factor
• Reactivation surfaces
Stress Analysis
Slip tendency
FAULT JUXTAPOSITION (TRIANGULAR METHOD)
Juxtaposed blocks
Permeable vs Impermeable
Permeable vs PermeableModel: Juxtaposition
diagrams or “Allan
Impermeable vs Impermeable
Fault length maps” (Allan, 1989)
Micro
Macro
Fault displacement
Long
Short
Fault thickness
High
low Fig.1: Block diagram illustrating across-fault lithological
juxtaposition (after Knipe, 1997).
FORMATION PROCESSES OF FAULT SEAL
During the deformation of fault rocks, there can be two competing compaction
mechanisms which are the mechanical compaction and chemical compaction.
Faults developed in impure sandstones (clay content of 15-25%) experienced enhanced chemical
compaction (e.g., grain-contact quartz dissolution), whereas faults in clay rich sandstones (clay
content of >25%) are dominated by mechanical compaction
Cemented faults or fractures are product of cementation processes along fault zones.
Cemented microstructures aids in studying the mechanisms and timing of the cementation
processes
• MECHANISM
As faults/fractures may perform as conduits for fluid flow, the flow behaviour of faults/fractures
is sensitive to quartz precipitation because within the fault zones there are both quartz sources
(from dissolution) and nucleation sites for potential cementation.
The source for cementation can be internal or external.
FORMATION PROCESSES OF FAULT SEAL CONT’D
• WHAT FAVOURS CEMENTATION ?
High clay/phyllosilicate contents can lead to the clay/phyllosilicate-coating on the quartz grains,
which decreases the effective quartz grain surface area available for cementation
Cataclasis involves grain fracturing and can reduce the porosity and the permeability as well as
increase the capillary threshold pressure of rocks within fault zones
The concentration of clay/phyllosilicate materials in host rocks can inhibit the probability of
occurrence of cataclasis.
Sandstones with high clay/phyllosilicate content are likely to be resistant to the cataclasis during
faulting deformation, as the clay/phyllosilicate-rich sandstones tend to deform more easily by grain
sliding and rotation rather than by grain fracturing.
FORMATION PROCESSES OF FAULT SEAL CONT’D
• DIFFUSIVE MASS TRNSFER BY PRESSURE SOLUTION AND QAURTZ CEMENTATION
Diffusive mass transfer is a process of mass transfer from high-pressure sites to low-pressure
sites, happens when materials are dissolved at the grain contacts and then transported by
diffusion to free pore spaces where the dissolved materials reprecipitate
Diffusive mass transfer is actually a redistribution of soluble materials from their original sites
with high pressure, by means of dissolution, transport and reprecipitation.
FORMATION PROCESSES OF FAULT SEAL CONT’D
• DIFFUSIVE MASS TRNSFER BY PRESSURE SOLUTION AND QAURTZ CEMENTATION
The extent of diffusive mass transfer depends on clay/phyllosilicate content and its distribution
at the time of deformation
1. Clean sandstones with clay/phyllosilicate contents of <5%, the fault zones experience enhanced
quartz cementation within fault zones with no enhanced pressure solution.
2. Clean sandstones with moderate clay/phyllosilicate content of 5-15% indicates evidence for
both enhanced pressure solution and quartz cementation.
3. Impure sandstones with high clay/phyllosilicate contents of 15-25%, the fault zones can
experience enhanced pressure solution but no extensive enhanced quartz cementation
EXCEPTION
• Impure sandstones with clay/phyllosilicate content of >25%, the porosity and permeability of the
fault zones may not be significantly affected by either pressure solution or quartz cementation
FORMATION PROCESSES OF FAULT SEAL CONT’D
• POROSITY REDUCTION BY DISAGGREGATION AND MIXING
The distribution of both detrital grains and clay/phyllosilicate minerals can be heterogeneous
when initially deposited and then becomes more homogeneous after the disaggregation and
mixing during faulting deformation, thus altering permeability pathways
EXCEPTION
• For clean sandstones, because the grain size and grain sorting of the fault rock do not change
considerably after the reorganization of detrital grains, the fault rock porosity and permeability
are not changed significantly
FORMATION PROCESSES OF FAULT SEAL CONT’D
• Consequently, a fault prone to reactivation may provide a poor baffle to flow despite
having favourable juxtaposition and membrane seals.
• Using the Stress Analysis module in Move Software, the risk of fault seal being
breached by reactivation can be rapidly assessed.
• The resultant values can be combined with pore pressure changes, to quantify the
reactivation potential of a fault.
• In total, six parameters can be applied in Move Software to evaluate the probability of
fault reactivation and seal breach.
• Slip Tendency is often the most commonly applied parameter in fault seal analysis
(Morris et al., 1996; Mildren et al., 2005).
• SEAL
• TRAP
• MIGRATION PATHWAYS
• STRESS ANALYSIS
• RESERVOIR
COMPARTMENTALIZATION Fig.4: Fault seal and reservoir compartmentalization
CONCLUSION
DATE: 15-08-2022
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
• INTRODUCTION
• TYPES OF RESERVOIR COMPARTMENTALIZATION
• HOW TO RECOGNISE COMPARTMENTALIZED RESERVOIR
• RESERVOIR COMPARTMENTALIZATION TECHNIQUES
• CASE STUDY
• SIGNIFICANCE
• CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS RESERVOIR COMPARTMENTALIZATION?
• Segregation of a petroleum accumulation
• ‘Sealed’ boundaries in the reservoir
• No communication of fluid flow
• Adrop in well-head pressure
• A drop in oil production rate, and by a rapidly
rising gas-oil ratio.
CONTROLLED BY
• Structural features (barriers or baffles)
• Stratigraphic variations (porosity and
permeability)
• Or by the combination of the two
WE
WE
positioned in at least three
LL
WELL 185
LL
different F37 reservoir
16 1
12 7
compartments, labeled as WELL 129
channels A, B, and C(same labeling
notation used in previous figures)
• Well 189 curves implies that this
well is not in pressure
communication with well 185, even
though both wells are in channel B.
Figure 9. BHP curve (Hardage, et al.(1996)
CASE STUDY TWO: NILE DELTA, EGYPT
Figure 12. Pressure data for the Tortonian-Serravallian Wakar-Sidi Salem sequence
measured using the Repeat Formation Tester (RFT) and Modular Formation Dynamic
Tester (MDT) tools, Temsah-3 well (Nabawy, et al.,2018)
SIGNIFICANCE
• To obtain maximal information on hydrocarbon properties, reservoir
structure and field behaviour
• Safes the time and money of drilling numerous wells
• Compartmentalization in oil and gas fields are of relevance to
understanding the prospectivity of saline aquifers as sites for the
geological storage of carbon dioxide.
CONCLUSION
• Compartmentalization simply means isolaton of reservoir fluids into
different compartment with little communication(Baffles) or no
communication(Barriers).
• It can be determined through NGR and reservoir fluid properties.
• The compartment can be statigraphic or structural.
• It can be static or dynamic
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
DATING METHODS AND PRINCIPLES (RADIOMETRY, ELECTRON
SPIN RESONANCE, THERMOLUMINISCENCE AND
PALEOMAGNETISM)
BY
DIDI CHEKWUBE NNAMDI
PAU-UI-0704
DATE: 28-07-2022
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
• INTRODUCTION
• TYPES OF DATING
• APPLICATION OF DATING
• SIGNIFICANCE
• CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
• How Old Is the Earth?
• How Can We Determine
Earth’s Geologic History?
• How Can We Determine the
Age of Geologic Events?
THE EARTH
TYPES OF DATING
• Two Primary Means of Dating Rocks
1) Relative Dating Relative Dating
• Determines the temporal order of rock forming events
• Does not give numeric ages
• Use of stratigraphic principles and fossils
• Cheap
2) Absolute Dating Absolute Dating
• Determines the numeric age of rock forming events
• Only appropriate for ages of igneous rocks and minerals
• Primary method is the radiometric technique
• Used in conjunction with stratigraphic principles and fossils
• Expensive
Relative Versus Absolute Dating
Relative Dating
• Stratigraphic principles
• Fossil Succession
• Emphasis on Sed Rocks
Absolute Dating
• Radio-Isotopic techniques
• Emphasis on Igneous Rocks
Q?
ABSOLUTE DATING
Absolute dating is usually based on the physical, chemical, and
life properties of the materials.
RADIOMETRY,
ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE,
THERMOLUMINISCENCE,
OPTICAL STIMULATING LUMINESCENCE,
PALEOMAGNETISM
ABSOLUTE DATING
Name of Method Age Range of Material Dated Methodology
Application
Radiocarbon 1 - 70,000 years Organic material such as Radioactive decay of 14C
bones, wood, charcoal, in organic matter after
shells removal from bioshpere
Uranium series 1,000 - 500,000 years Uranium-bearing minerals, Radioactive decay of 234U
corals, shells, teeth, CaCO3 to 230Th
Luminescence (optically or 1,000 - 1,000,000 years Quartz, feldspar, stone Burial or heating age based
thermally stimulated) tools, pottery on the accumulation of
radiation-induced damage
to electron sitting in
mineral lattices
ABSOLUTE DATING
Name of Method Age Range of Application Material Dated Methodology
Electron Spin Resonance 1,000 - 3,000,000 years Uranium-bearing materials Burial age based on
(ESR) in which uranium has been abundance of radiation-
absorbed from outside induced paramagnetic
sources centers in mineral lattices
Cosmogenic Nuclides 1,000 - 5,000,000 years Typically quartz or olivine Radioactive decay of
from volcanic or cosmic-ray generated
sedimentary rocks nuclides in surficial
environments
TRAP OR IMPERFECTION
EXCEPTION RANGE
No accumulation of electron when the
rock or fossil is older than 100,000 years
because the trap is full ELECTRON ACCUMULATION
AGE
RADIOMETRY
RADIOCARBON DATING
RADIOCARBON DATING
• Once an organism dies, it ceases to obtain more 14C
• 14C decays reducing the concentration within organism after death
• 14C decays by beta emission, emission of an electron and a neutron
changing into a proton, thus reverting back into nitrogen
14
C ---> 14N + ß + neutrino
The emitted beta particles (ß) are what is counted in Libby's "gas
proportional“ method of 14C dating
RADIOCARBON DATING
• When an organism is alive it has the same ratio (12C to 14C) that is found in
the atmosphere (1-trillion to 100-trillion)
A Critical Detail
RADIOCARBON DATING
N=Noe -λt
λ=In2/t1/2
• No is the number of atoms of parent isotope
remaining in a substance
• N is the number of atoms of daughter isotope
produced through decay,
• λ is the decay constant (which depend on the isotope
in question)
• t is the amount of elapsed time.
• t1/2 is half life
RADIOCARBON DATING EQUTIONS
It has a magnetic north and south pole and its magnetic field is
everywhere.
Absolute dating methods determine how much time has passed since
rocks formed by measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes or the
effects of radiation on the crystal structure of minerals.
Paleomagnetism measures the ancient orientation of the Earth's
magnetic field to help determine the age of rocks.
THANK YOU
GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY OF BOUYANT LAYERS USING
SCALING ANALYSIS, LONG-WAVE ANALYSIS AND LINEAR
STABILITY ANALYSIS
BY
DIDI CHEKWUBE NNAMDI
PAU-UI-0704
AND
NDIAYE NDEYE KHADY
PAU-UI-0702
DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCES
PAULESI, IBADAN, NIGERIA
DATE: 02-09-2022
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
• INTRODUCTION
• SCALING ANALYSIS,
• LONG-WAVE ANALYSIS,
• LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS,
• SIGNIFICANCE
• CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
GRAVITATIONAL
INSTABILITY OF BOUYANT
LAYERS
• Convecting system
• Mantle plumes
• Horizontal thermal
boundary layer instability
• The following derivation (for the cell geometry shown in Figure 2) generalizes the analysis of
McKenzie et al (1974) to include both free-slip and rigid-surface boundary conditions. For simplicity
we assume (in this subsection only) that the aspect ratio β does not differ much from unity
• The analysis proceeds by determining six equations relating six unknown quantities the thickness
𝛿𝑝 of the thermal plumes, the thickness 𝛿ℎ of the horizontal TBLs, the maximum vertical velocity
vp and the vorticity ω in the plumes, the horizontal velocity uh at the edge of the horizontal BLs,
and the heat flux q across the layer (per unit length along the roll axes).
SCALING ANALYSIS CON’T
The heat flux carried by an upwelling plume is
q~ρcpvpΔT𝛿p
• That the characteristic horizontal scale of the flow greatly exceeds the BL
thickness.
• That the horizontal velocity of the fluid is approximately constant across the
BL.
NOTE
• The latter assumption excludes hot BLs within which the (temperature
dependent) viscosity is much lower than outside, and makes the model most
applicable to plume formation in cold BLs.
LONG-WAVE ANALYSIS MODEL
WHERE WILL HORIZONTAL VELOCITY WILL BE CONSTANT IN THIS HOT BOUNDARY
LAYERS?
OUTSIDE
OUTSIDE
VISCOSITY=100 m2./s
VISCOSITY=20m2./s
INSIDE HOT BL (VISCOSITY=10 m2./s) INSIDE HOT BL (VISCOSITY=10 m2./s)
A B
LONG-WAVE ANALYSIS CON’T
• The two assumptions allow the coupled
3-D dynamics of the BL and the fluid
outside it to be reduced to 2-D
equations for the lateral velocity at the
edge of the BL
• If all the eigenvalues have negative real part, then the solution is called
linearly stable.