LAPSE:2019.1327
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LAPSE:2019.1327
Experimental Investigation of Grout Nonlinear Flow Behavior through Rough Fractures
Yuhao Jin, Lijun Han, Changyu Xu, Qingbin Meng, Zhenjun Liu, Yijiang Zong
December 10, 2019
This research experimentally analyzed the impacts of various water cement (W/C) ratios of ultrafine cement grout material and normal loads FN applied to fractures on grout nonlinear flow behavior through a rough plexiglass fractured sample. An effective self-made apparatus was designed and manufactured to conduct the stress-dependent grout flow tests on the plexiglass sample containing rough fractures. At each W/C ratio, the grout pressure P increased from 0 to 0.9 MPa, and the normal loads FN ranged from 666.3 to 1467.8 N. The results of the experiments indicate that (1) the Forchheimer’s law can be used to express the results of grout nonlinear flow through rough fractures. Moreover, both nonlinear coefficient a and linear coefficient b in Forchheimer’s law decreased with the increase of the W/C ratio, but increased with the increase of the FN value. (2) For normalized transmissivity, with the increase of Re, the decline of the T/T0−Re curves means that the grout flow behavior through the fracture mainly went through three stages: the viscosity effect, then the weak inertia effect, and finally the strong inertia effect. The three stages showed that with the increase of Re, the grout flow state changed from linear to nonlinear. Moreover, with the increase of the W/C ratio, the Forchheimer coefficient β decreased. (3) At a given FN, the critical grout hydraulic gradient Jc decreased, but the critical Reynolds number Rec increased as the W/C ratio increased; at a given W/C ratio, Jc increased, but Rec decreased as FN increased.
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critical grout hydraulic gradient, grout nonlinear flow, normalized transmissivity, Reynolds number
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Jin Y, Han L, Xu C, Meng Q, Liu Z, Zong Y. Experimental Investigation of Grout Nonlinear Flow Behavior through Rough Fractures. (2019). LAPSE:2019.1327
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Jin Y: School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China; State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China; GeoEnergy [ORCID]
Han L: School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China; State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Xu C: School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Meng Q: State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Liu Z: The Fifth Project Co., Ltd. of China Railway Bureau 14 Group, Yanzhou 272117, China
Zong Y: Jiangsu Vocational Institute of Architectural Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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Processes
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7
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10
Article Number
E736
Year
2019
Publication Date
2019-10-14
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2227-9717
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