Patent ID: 8301383

Claim:
A method for constructing elastoplastic property correlations in multicomponent particulate systems, comprising: obtaining parameters from geophysical data of a sediment-hydrate system, wherein the parameters comprise s hyd and p c , and wherein s hyd is a hydrate saturation and p c is a confining pressure; determining, using a computer processor, a Young's modulus (E) of the sediment-hydrate system using the parameters and a correlation, wherein the correlation is E p c = 90.58 + 78.90 α 0.5831 + 800.4 ⁢ s hyd 1.371 α 1.022 , and wherein α=p c /c and c is a scaling variable with dimensions of pressure; and adjusting a field operation based on the Young's modulus of the sediment-hydrate system.