水力劈裂楔劈效应试验研究

心墙是否会发生水力劈裂关系土石坝的安全,该问题的难点和关键之一是水力劈裂的发生机制和条件。利用自制模型,在2种不同加压速率条件下,对有无初始裂缝和5种不同初始裂缝深度的试样进行了水力劈裂试验;结合数值模拟和CT观测试验,验证了水力劈裂的楔劈效应机制-当水压力作用在初始裂缝形成的劈背上,引起劈刃上的力超过临界值时就可能导致发生水力劈裂。研究结果表明：初始裂缝深度越大、加压速率越高,越容易发生水力劈裂。为避免土石坝发生水力劈裂破坏,应注意心墙迎水面的施工质量和平整性,宜采用较慢的蓄水方案。     

土石坝心墙水力劈裂机制研究

心墙的水力劈裂问题是土质心墙坝建设中亟需解决但尚未很好解决的重要岩土工程问题。从心墙受力变形方面探讨了水力劈裂发生、发展的机制。研究认为：水库蓄水初期是水力劈裂的危险期;完全均质的心墙内不会发生水力劈裂;“裂缝或局部的缺陷”及“迅速蓄水的初期”是土石坝心墙发生水力劈裂的两个重要条件,水力劈裂发生的根本原因是局部高水力梯度的存在。最后,对上述机制进行了简单的试验验证。为进一步研究水力劈裂发生的判定、水力劈裂计算模拟指出了研究方向与思路。     

各向异性对土质心墙坝水力劈裂的影响

应力诱导各向异性对复杂应力状态下土体的应力-应变规律有重要影响,而建立在各向同性假设基础上的常用土体本构模型并不能反映土体的这种特性,因此需要分析土体各向异性对土质心墙坝水力劈裂的影响。采用各向异性非线性弹性模型,对水荷载作用下粘土心墙坝进行有限元数值分析,并与邓肯模型计算结果比较。结果表明,各向异性模型考虑了蓄水期间从小主应力方向加荷引起的土体应力各向异性,计算得出的小主应力σ3较邓肯模型的大,且相应抗水力劈裂能力亦大,则邓肯E-v模型由于不能模拟蓄水期土体各向异性特性,对于水力劈裂发生的评估可能偏于危险。     

掺砾心墙料拉裂力学特性试验研究

研究掺砾心墙料的拉裂特性对深入研究高土石坝水力劈裂、坝顶裂缝以及坝肩横缝等问题至关重要,但目前已有的研究尚不够深入。基于自主研制的单向拉伸试验装置,对不同掺砾量下的心墙料进行了系列的单向拉伸试验,依据试验结果分析了掺砾心墙料拉裂破坏的机制。在此基础上得到以下结论：在试样各自最大干密度及最优含水率下,随着掺砾量的增加,心墙料的抗拉强度和拉应变呈线性递减关系;所有试样的拉应力?应变曲线呈分段指数关系,极限拉应力前后试验曲线可分别采用正负指数关系来描述;进行了系列三轴排水剪试验,分析各试样抗拉强度与强度指标的关系发现,对于所研究的掺砾心墙料,抗拉强度与其黏聚力呈较好的线性关系,在不具备试验条件的情况下,此关系可用来大致估算心墙料的抗拉强度。相关试验结果可为实际土心墙坝抗裂设计提供参照。     

土石坝心墙水力劈裂分析

简要分析了水力劈裂的发生条件、力学机理。基于水压楔劈机理,利用有限元方法建立了一种水力劈裂的发生判定方法。该方法假定心墙预先存在局部渗透弱面（裂缝）,通过将裂缝位置的单元材料改为裂缝软材料,考虑库水进入裂缝后对裂缝周围土体的作用,建立水力劈裂分析的平面有限元模型,确定裂缝端部垂直于裂缝面的正应力,进而依据该正应力判断水力劈裂发生的可能性,该方法同时可模拟水力劈裂的发展过程。     

高心墙堆石坝心墙水力劈裂的颗粒流模拟

目前针对堆石或土石坝的心墙水力劈裂问题虽然已取得了不少成果,但现有的成果大多从宏观的角度进行研究,对心墙水力劈裂发生机制的认识尚未达成一致的观点。采用颗粒流方法从细观角度对心墙水力劈裂问题进行初步研究,模拟了心墙水力劈裂发生和发展的过程。计算结果表明,劈裂水压力Pf随着竖向应力的增大而增大,且两者基本呈线性关系,与室内成果的规律基本一致;心墙在高水力梯度作用下,形成的水楔效应降低了裂缝尖端区附近的最大主应力,当该值小于或接近心墙上游的外水压力时则会导致水力劈裂的发生。此外,计算结果还证明了心墙发生水力劈裂的主要力学原因是由于心墙中的张拉应力超过了土体的抗拉强度。     

页岩水力压裂过程的态型近场动力学模拟研究

水力压裂技术广泛使用于页岩气开采工程中。为了分析压裂过程中多裂缝扩展形成复杂裂缝网的机制,尝试将态型近场动力学理论引入页岩水平井水力压裂过程的力学建模与数值仿真,在物质点间相互作用力模型中加入等效水压力项以实现在新生裂缝面上跟踪施加水压力,建立了水力压裂过程的近场动力学分析模型。通过模拟页岩储层的水力压裂过程,可得到复杂的裂缝扩展路径、裂缝网络的形成过程以及裂缝扩展受射孔间距及页岩天然裂缝和层理的影响。研究结果表明:射孔间距过小会造成起裂干扰,使中心射孔的裂缝扩展受到抑制;在压裂压力一定的情况下适当增大射孔间距,可以显著增强页岩压裂形成裂缝网的能力;压裂过程中水平层理面可能张开形成水平裂缝,且天然裂缝会诱导形成更复杂的垂直裂缝。模型和方法可为页岩水力压裂过程和机制研究及工程实践提供参考。     

Study on collapse settlement and cracks of core wall rockfill dams under wetting deformation

The safety and stability of core wall rockfill dams during impoundment are threatened by the wetting deformation of up-stream shell materials. The serious wetting deformation not only aggravates the collapse settlement of upstream rockfill but also intensifies differential settlement of the dam crest during impoundment, and then causes cracks on the dam crest. On the basis of the proposed wetting deformation model and its simulation method of wetting deformation, this paper simulated the impoundment process of Guanyinyan core wall rockfill dam and studied the deformation characteristic of the dam during impoundment. In addition, the smeared cracking model was used to simulate the crack propagation on the dam crest, and the crack develop and spread mechanism was analysed. The results show that the simulated deformation can fit the in-situ data well, and the simulated crack propagation is in good agreement with the actual situation. Once watered, the upstream rockfill and core wall have significant settlement, and the whole dam crest has obvious horizontal displacement towards the upstream. It is on the same order of magnitude that the increment of horizontal displacement and settlement at the top of the dam during impoundment. In the process of impoundment, the upper part of the dam tends to deform towards the reservoir area, which will lead to tensile cracks appearing in the rockfill areas on both upstream and downstream sides of the core wall of the dam crest, and the propagation direction of the cracks is basically parallel to the adjacent core wall surface. With the water level rising, the cracks on the downstream side of the dam crest mainly extend vertically, and the cracks on the upstream side of the dam crest not only extend vertically, but also extend horizontally.     

Evaluating the design of an earth dam by finite element analysis

An earth dam was to be constructed on a site which posed non-uniform foundation conditions. The most prominent feature was a vertical contact between unweathered quartzite and decomposed diabase running parallel to the valley. The paper describes a two-dimensional finite element analysis on the foundation and embankment to determine relative settlements and the possibility of hydraulic fracturing of the clay core. The analysis was extended to evaluate the effectiveness of site improvement measures such as excavation and recompaction of the decomposed diabase and elimination of the contact problem by blasting into the unweathered quartzite. Comparing results from the various analyses, it was concluded that the latter was the only viable solution to the problem.     

土石坝心墙水力劈裂的研究进展

简要评述了国内外关于土石坝心墙水力劈裂的研究现状,归纳了土石坝心墙水力劈裂在发生机理、发生条件和影响因素等方面的研究成果。     

An Effective Approach to Rehabilitate Damaged Barrier System Against Piping and Contaminant Flow

The monitoring operation of an older impoundment (such as dams and waste barrier materials) during the service life of the structure cannot be overemphasized. Since older infrastructures seem to be more susceptible to piping and seepage failure, their construction design should be analyzed and monitored at places where a potential problem could occur. Once an impoundment is constructed without adequate filters layers and foundation treatments, then the prevention of piping or seepage may require an effective approach to constructing a cut-off wall to prevent eventual failure. In order to identify and understand theses failure modes, it is important to identify the physical parameters of the impoundment system, such as the zones of various soil gradations, the compaction of these zones, the hydraulic conductivity, the compatibility of the soil formations within and beneath the core or liner, as well as the cohesive and dispersive properties of soils at various location within the structure. Once these parameters are known and quantified, an adequate assessment of the structure’s susceptibility to piping or contaminant transport can be established. This type of an analysis will enable the proper design of a cut-off wall and predetermine the effectiveness of its long-term performance. The Vermont Waterbury Dam (built in 1938) is example of seepage related problem that implemented a cut-off wall design to prevent piping paths from undermining the structure. In this case, some forensic sampling had to be performed and the parameters of the soils as just mentioned were key factors in determining the wall design. In this paper, the Waterbury dam rehabilitation is investigated as case studies, in order to better understand how older designs and poor construction of impoundments can lead to piping condition in dams as well as failures in waste barrier systems. The Secant Cut-off wall (constructed at Waterbury Dam) is mentioned as a corrective measure taken for this dam and there is a brief discussion as to how this construction rehabilitation technique can be applied to waste barrier impoundments.     

Experimental Investigation on the Basic Law of Hydraulic Fracturing After Water Pressure Control Blasting

Because of the advantages of integrating water pressure blasting and hydraulic fracturing, the use of hydraulic fracturing after water pressure control blasting is a method that is used to fully transform the structure of a coal-rock mass by increasing the number and range of hydraulic cracks. An experiment to study hydraulic fracturing after water pressure blasting on cement mortar samples (300 × 300 × 300 mm³) was conducted using a large-sized true triaxial hydraulic fracturing experimental system. A traditional hydraulic fracturing experiment was also performed for comparison. The experimental results show that water pressure blasting produces many blasting cracks, and follow-up hydraulic fracturing forces blasting cracks to propagate further and to form numerous multidirectional hydraulic cracks. Four macroscopic main hydraulic cracks in total were noted along the borehole axial and radial directions on the sample surfaces. Axial and radial main failure planes induced by macroscopic main hydraulic cracks split the sample into three big parts. Meanwhile, numerous local hydraulic cracks were formed on the main failure planes, in different directions and of different types. Local hydraulic cracks are mainly of three types: local hydraulic crack bands, local branched hydraulic cracks, and axial layered cracks. Because local hydraulic cracks produce multiple local layered failure planes and lamellar ruptures inside the sample, the integrity of the sample decreases greatly. The formation and propagation process of many multidirectional hydraulic cracks is affected by a combination of water pressure blasting, water pressure of fracturing, and the stress field of the surrounding rock. To a certain degree, the stress field of surrounding rock guides the formation and propagation process of the blasting crack and the follow-up hydraulic crack. Following hydraulic fracturing that has been conducted after water pressure blasting, the integrity of the sample is found to be far lower than after traditional hydraulic fracturing; moreover, both the water injection volume and water injection pressure for hydraulic fracturing after water pressure blasting are much higher than they are for traditional hydraulic fracturing.     

极端条件下心墙泥浆料的渗透反滤试验研究

高土石心墙坝的渗透稳定性在很大程度上依赖于反滤层对心墙料的反滤保护作用。心墙在大坝蓄水和长期运行的条件下,要经历复杂的填筑加载、浸水饱和与水荷载的作用,在差异沉降、复杂结构应力作用、水力劈裂和渗透水流作用下,心墙一旦出现裂缝,其渗透稳定性及反滤层的保护作用就将面临严峻的考验。针对这一问题,设计了专门非常规的抛填土料反滤试验和泥浆渗透反滤试验,模拟心墙裂缝条件下其颗粒被冲刷起动后,被反滤料阻挡和淤积过程。试验结果表明,心墙料和反滤料满足反滤准则条件下,心墙颗粒被拦截和淤积在反滤层上游表面,反滤料能有效防止心墙颗粒的流失,反滤层在极端条件下对心墙料仍能起到有效的反滤保护作用。     

土石坝横向裂缝的土工离心机模型试验研究

岸坡突变所产生的不均匀沉降变形常常是导致土石坝心墙发生横向裂缝的主要原因。使用糯扎渡高心墙堆石坝心墙混合土料进行了模拟心墙发生横向裂缝的土工离心机模型试验。试验中再现了由于岸坡坡度变化导致坝顶发生横向裂缝的现象。采用工程中常用的3种裂缝分析方法：倾度法、Leonards法和有限元应力法对试验结果进行了分析。结果表明,前两种方法仅在测点较多时才是适用的,而有限元应力法对土石坝心墙横向裂缝问题更为有效。     

Geotechnical Characteristics of Copper Mine Tailings: A Case Study

Waste management issue in mining industry has become increasingly important. In this regard, construction of tailings dams plays a major role. Most of the tailings dams require some kinds of remedial actions during their operational lifetime, among which heightening is the most common. In the first stage of the remedial provisions for Sarcheshmeh Copper Complex tailings dam in Iran, it has been decided to use hydrocyclone method to provide suitable construction material due to the high cost associated with using borrow materials for heightening of the dam. To undertake this project a series of laboratory experiments was performed to determine the copper ‘original tailings’ and ‘cycloned materials’ geotechnical characteristics to evaluate the applicability of the cycloned materials for construction purposes. Different laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the grain-size distribution, Atterberg limits, specific gravity, maximum density, shear strength parameters, consolidation coefficient, and hydraulic conductivity. The results were compared with those of similar mines to check whether they follow the trends observed in other copper tailing materials elsewhere. Variation of the cohesion and internal friction angle versus different compaction ratios were studied in order to determine realistic shear strength parameters for tailing dam stability analysis. In this study, using oedometer test, a mild linear relation between void ratio and the consolidation coefficient has been found for tailings materials. By considering the effects of void ratio and weight of passing sieve #200 materials, a new relationship is proposed that can be used for estimating the copper slimes hydraulic conductivity in seepage analysis of tailings dams.     

Certified solutions for hydraulic structures using the node‐based smoothed point interpolation method (NS‐PIM)

A meshfree node‐based smoothed point interpolation method (NS‐PIM), which has been recently developed for solid mechanics problems, is applied to obtain certified solutions with bounds for hydraulic structure designs. In this approach, shape functions for displacements are constructed using the point interpolation method (PIM), and the shape functions possess the Kronecker delta property and permit the straightforward enforcement of essential boundary conditions. The generalized smoothed Galerkin weak form is then applied to construct discretized system equations using the node‐based smoothed strains. As a very novel and important property, the approach can obtain the upper bound solution in energy norm for hydraulic structures. A 2D gravity dam problem and a 3D arch dam problem are solved, respectively, using the NS‐PIM and the simulation results of NS‐PIM are found to be the upper bounds. Together with standard fully compatible FEM results as a lower bound, we have successfully determined the solution bounds to certify the accuracy of numerical solutions. This confirms that the NS‐PIM is very useful for producing certified solutions for the analysis of huge hydraulic structures. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

裂隙岩体渗透性理论研究进展

裂隙岩体的渗透性是地质灾害、水电工程、矿山工程等研究中需要考虑的重要因素之一。岩体裂隙本身的渗透性取决于它的空间几何参数,因此,可以通过直接测量裂隙的几何要素计算出岩体的渗透系数。岩体的结构及其透水性直接关系到建筑物围岩的稳定及安全.通过水力劈裂试验,可以真实地反映高水压作用下岩体的结构和渗透性的变化规律.以某水电站工...     

Study of the effect of seepage through the body of earth dam on its stability by predicting the affecting hydraulic factors using models of Brooks–Corey and van Genuchten (Case study of Nazluchay and Shahrchay earth dams)

Stability of an earth dam is affected by different factors of which the most important is seepage. One of the factors in defining the seepage rate is hydraulic conductivity coefficients in suctions and various moistures in earth dam body in which different models of soil–water retention curves are used to be defined. In this study, first the soil–water retention curves of van Genuchten and Brooks–Corey models are used to predict the soil–water retention of different body layers of 2 dams. Then, hydraulic conductivity coefficients are calculated through Mualem and Burdine’s models. Water seepage rate and the stability of dams were calculated in two phases: I. construction finalization prior to intaking water and II. rapid drawdown of water. Bishop and Morgenstern–Price methods are used to analyze the stability of dams. The stability and seepage results demonstrate that simultaneous use of Brooks–Corey’s soil–water retention curve with Mualem’s method results in the highest seepage rate in comparison with van Genuchten’s model in case of variable n, m and Burdine hydraulic conductivity. Safety factors achieved from both cases of construction finalization prior to intaking water and rapid drawdown of water demonstrated the accuracy and reliability of hydraulic coefficient prediction.     

Stochastic analysis of free surface flow through earth dams

This research investigated the unconfined flow through dams. The hydraulic conductivity was modeled as spatially random field following lognormal distribution. Results showed that the seepage flow produced from the stochastic solution was smaller than its deterministic value. In addition, the free surface was observed to exit at a point lower than that obtained from the deterministic solution. When the hydraulic conductivity was strongly correlated in the horizontal direction than the vertical direction, the flow through the dam has markedly increased. It is suggested that it may not be necessary to construct a core in dams made from soils that exhibit high degree of variability.     

Geodetic and GIS tools for dam safety: case of Sidi Salem dam (northern Tunisia)

The dams are one of the important engineering structures used for water supply and different other important purposes. In order to provide safety, well-planned and implemented geodetic monitoring is very essential for such engineering structures, which constitute the aim of this study. In fact, micro-geodetic data can be exploited and used to survey the displacement of dam by measuring the horizontal and vertical coordinates at different dates from fixed positions (pillars) to other positions (targets). As a result, the superposition of the geodetic auscultation charts and the factors which can affect the stability of dams such as water level, hydrostatic pressure, and seismic state show a net correlation between these parameters and the auscultation variation at different periods. Geographical information system (GIS) techniques are used for mapping spatial variation of auscultation measures. These synthetic documents can help managers and decision makers in hydraulic management and water system protection.