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vol 67 / February, 2024
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DOI 10.17586/0021-3454-2020-63-2-120-125

UDC 621. 391

PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE ALFORD METHOD FOR ESTIMATING ANISOTROPY FROM CROSS-DIPOLE ACOUSTIC LOGGING RECORDS

R. D. Akhmetsafin
MIPT Engineering Center for Minerals, Department of Digital Technologies in Industry; Associate Professor


R. Z. Akhmetsafina
National Research University “Higher School of Economicsˮ, Moscow;


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Abstract. The Alford method is a modern tool for estimating anisotropy from cross-dipole acoustic logging records. The azimuthal angle of the acoustic anisotropy direction  is estimated by the minimum cross energy of the converted records. The interval times (speeds) of the fast and slow bending wave pfast, pslow in the forward and reverse directions of anisotropy are estimated using the corresponding transfor-mations. Practical implementation of the method is considered, using the analytical solution of the min-imization problem.
Keywords: cross-dipole acoustic logging, acoustic anisotropy, bending waves, Alford method

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