pore pressure

collocation in English

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pore
noun[C]
uk
/pɔːr/us
/pɔːr/
a very small hole in the skin of people or other animals, or a similar hole on the surface of plants ...
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pressure
noun
uk
/ˈpreʃ.ər/us
/ˈpreʃ.ɚ/
the force you produce when you ...
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(Definition ofporeandpressurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Saturated sands at and near the surface could have been liquidized by highporepressureand rendered susceptible to soft-sediment deformation.
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His expertise also included seepage, residual strength andporepressuremeasurement and its interpretation.
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Laboratory samples are at times not considered to be representative and of insufficient quality, stress,porepressure, and degree of saturation.
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Such an area is also sensitive to water accumulation, increasing the internalporepressureand subsequently contributing to ground failure.
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In the unsaturated zone, theporepressureis determined by capillarity and is also referred to as tension, suction, or matric pressure.
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Abnormalporepressureis defined as anyporepressurethat is greater than the hydrostatic pressure of the formation fluid occupying the pore space.
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The resulting increase in subsurfaceporepressurecan trigger movement along faults, resulting in earthquakes.
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In a producing reservoir the horizontal stress is reduced as theporepressureis reduced, leading to an increase in effective stress.
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The precipitation gradually increasedporepressurebetween the mountain and loose masses, adding to the damage of a process of erosion from surface water.
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The effective stress is the intergranular stress calculated by subtracting theporepressurefrom the total stress as described in soil mechanics.
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This densification drives up theporepressurein the material.
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The combined effect of theporepressureand thermal stresses causes a tensile stress within the body of the concrete.
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It is regarded as one of the best tools forporepressureevaluation.
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Laboratory tests for characterizing rock plasticity fall into four overlapping categories: confining pressure tests,porepressureor effective stress tests, temperature-dependent tests, and strain rate-dependent tests.
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Thisporepressureincrease can then decrease the surface area of the individual asperities in contact on the fault, causing them to then fracture and the fault to slip.
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On the interface of a presently stable fault, an increase inporepressurehas the effect of essentially pushing the fault apart at a microscopic level.
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Mechanical models that treat accretionary complexes as critically tapered wedges of sediment demonstrate thatporepressurecontrols their taper angle by modifying basal and internal shear strength.
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This ensured that the correct-sized wells were drilled through the loss zones and that the over-pressured shales were avoided by careful monitoring of theporepressure.
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When groundwater is removed from aquifers by excessive pumping, pore pressures in the aquifer drop and compression of the aquifer may occur.
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