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Table 2 Properties of the used air-saturated porous materials

From: Numerical simulations to explain the coseismic electromagnetic signals: a case study for a M5.4 aftershock of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake

Properties

pa1

pa2

pa3

pa4

pa5

pa6

Porosity ϕ (%)

3

1

1

1

1

1

Solid density ρs (103 kg/m3)

2.1

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.75

2.8

Static permeability k0 (10−12 m2)

10−3

10−4

10−4

10−4

10−4

10−4

Solid bulk modulus Ks (GPa)

8.0

10.0

15.0

50.0

60.0

60.0

Frame bulk modulus Kfr (GPa)

5.6

7.0

9.0

36.0

42.0

48.0

Shear modulus G (GPa)

2.1

5.0

7.0

22.0

27.0

33.0

Air viscosity η (10−3 Pa s)

0.018

0.018

0.018

0.018

0.018

0.018

Tortuosity α

4

8

8

8

8

8

Bulk conductivity σ (S/m)

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.0001

Fast P wave quality factor Qpf

120

200

240

280

320

400

S wave quality factor Qs

90

150

180

210

240

300

  1. Parameters such as fluid density ρf = 1.29 kg/m3, fluid bulk modulus Kf = 0.15 MPa, fluid permittivity κf= 1 and solid permittivity κs = 4 are used for all air-saturated porous materials