Bots in Rocks Design, Construction and Testing of Novel Multi-Sensor Devices for Geomechanical Monitoring

In geological materials, it is difficult to detect parameters that result in petrophysical changes in real-time e.g. multi-fluid pore contents. Currently, the majority of analyses are based on post-failure measurements, providing only a retrospective analysis of fluid flow through deformed porous media. This work currently involves the novel use of radar sensing and elastico-mechano-luminescence (EML) to determine in situ flow characteristics within deformed rocks and “pseudorock” analogues, serving as a platform for preliminary work in real-time sensing within an extreme environment. This work aims to inform improved hydrocarbon extraction strategies, in addition to the augmentation of current geomechanical imaging techniques.