Study of Drainage Through Hydraulic Fill Stopes using Method of Fragments

A good understanding of the pore water pressure developments within the hydraulic fill stope and the discharge through the drain is essential for improving the designs of barricades and the safety in the mines. A finite difference software FLAC was used to study the drainage and pore water pressure developments within a two dimensional rectangular stope with a single drain at the bottom. Using the method of fragment, a simple solution was proposed for determining the discharge and the maximum pore water pressure within the stope, when the height of water is greater than the width of the stope. The predictions are within 1% of those obtained from FLAC.     

吹填土强夯加排水地基处理的数值分析与应用

强夯加排水地基处理方法是近年来发展的一种地基处理技术,在吹填土地基处理方面得到了广泛应用。根据强夯能量耗散分析与土体密实机制,基于冲击荷载作用下孔隙水压力的发展模式,建立了强夯加排水地基处理的数值分析模型,并采用有限差分法进行了求解。采用编写的数值程序分析了强夯过程中超孔隙水压力的发展与土体密实效果,以及土体渗透系数、单击时间间隔以及砂井间距等对加固效果的影响,讨论了“重锤少夯”和“轻锤多夯”的差异,并与工程实例进行了比较。研究结果表明,建立的数值模型可以模拟强夯加排水地基处理的施工过程,较好地反映强夯过程中孔隙水压力的发展变化规律和加固效果。排水措施的设置有利于超孔隙水压力消散和加固深部土体,进而提高土体加固效果和缩短工期。最后,根据数值分析结果,提出了强夯加排水地基处理的合理设计建议。     

GCTS空心圆柱扭剪仪反压饱和试验探究

GCTS空心圆柱扭剪仪是研究土体在循环荷载下的主应力轴旋转的理想仪器。如何使用GCTS空心圆柱扭剪仪对软土空心试样进行反压饱和才能使后续试验结果更精确,探究了以GCTS空心圆柱扭剪仪为试验平台,对空心试样进行了反压饱和的试验方法。总结了空心扭剪仪反压饱和的3种加压方式：手动加压、自动加压和连续加压方式。通过一些试验探究了每种加压方式所对应的合理性参数。确定了适合吹填土的压差为15kPa。确定了孔压稳定的标准为：如果孔压在1min内的变化值小于围压和反压之间压力差的5％,则认为孔压稳定。     

Permeability of Hydraulic Fills and Barricade Bricks

Permeability is one of the most important parameters in the design of hydraulic backfilling of mine stopes. A simple and reproducible method was developed for preparing reconstituted hydraulic fill sample in the laboratory, that is representative of the hydraulic fill in the mine stope, replicating the slurry sedimentation process taking place in the mine. Constant head and falling head permeability tests were carried out on the samples, giving consistent results. A brick permeameter was developed to study the flow characteristics of the porous barricade bricks under one-dimensional flow, simulating the flow conditions in the mine. Three different methods were used to determine the permeability of the brick and the results showed very good agreement. This is the first rational attempt to measure the permeability of the porous barricade bricks that are used to close the horizontal access drives in the mines, thus retaining the hydraulic fill. The measurements show that the permeability of the barricade brick is about two to three orders of magnitude greater than that of the hydraulic fill.     

行车荷载作用下冲填土变形特性试验研究

本文以上海临港新城冲填土地层分布区的道路在车辆振动荷载作用下路基变形为研究对象,以一定的动应力、不同的振动频率来模拟车辆振动荷载,进行了振动三轴试验研究,试验结果表明:在固结比相同,振动幅值相同的情况下,轴向应变随着振动次数的增加呈线性增大;轴向应变随孔隙水压力的增加先缓慢增长,当孔压比达到一定值后,轴向应变会迅速增加,直到破坏;轴向应变与剪应变和径向应变呈良好的线性关系。     

以吹填砂为覆盖层的饱和软粘土地基强夯试验研究

针对某港区工程陆域不同区域的地质条件和工程荷载,进行了不同工艺的强夯试验,对夯坑周围地表变形、土体水平位移以及孔压的增长和消散进行了观测,并对强夯加固效果进行了试验研究。研究表明,采用强夯法加固以吹填砂为覆盖层的饱和软土地基是可行的,有效加固深度可达到6 ~7 m,吹填砂层厚度对有效夯击率和碎石土垫层的作用有显著影响。由于吹填砂层和淤泥质粘土层中的粉细砂薄层有利于孔隙水压力的消散,用强夯法处理该类地基时,如果设计加固深度较小时,可以不设置竖向排水体。通过对试验数据的分析研究,获得强夯法加固该类地基土的最佳强夯参数和施工工艺,并且认为选择强夯施工工艺应考虑吹填砂层厚度。     

剪切速率对结构性吹填软土力学特性影响试验研究

黏土在剪切变形过程中,剪切速率的不同会对其结构破坏产生不同影响,从而影响其力学特性.本文以天津滨海新区吹填软土为研究对象,在对吹填软土关于结构性讨论的基础上,开展了剪切速率对其力学性状影响的三轴试验研究,分析其剪切速率力学效应.试验结果表明:随着剪切速率的提高,在低围压条件下,吹填软土的强度及其结构屈服应力均先减小后增大,存在临界剪切速率,而在高围压条件下,强度及其结构屈服应力则逐渐增大,与剪切速率呈正相关关系,临界剪切速率逐渐消失; 吹填软土的黏聚力在不同围压下随剪切速率提高均呈现减小趋势,内摩擦角在低围压条件下随剪切速率提高呈现增大趋势,在高围压条件下则随剪切速率提高呈现减小趋势; 在剪切过程中,孔隙水压力均随着轴向应变的增大到某一值然后稳定下来,随着围压的进一步加大,孔隙水压力的稳定值会随剪切速率的提高呈减小趋势.     

天津滨海吹填土结构强度增长机理

为了研究影响天津滨海吹填土结构强度增长的因素,分析了等效荷载、有效应力增量、孔隙比和含水量与结构强度之间的关系,得出随着等效荷载和有效应力增量的增大,吹填土的结构强度呈增高的趋势。含水量和孔隙比越大,吹填土的结构强度越低。研究认为,吹填土结构强度的形成与吹填土的排水固结密切相关。吹填土在真空预压条件下,排水固结过程分为早期空气排出、真空渗流场作用下的渗透固结和真空条件下的水分气化排出3个阶段。      

广西北部湾人造陆域吹填土电冲击特性研究

吹填土陆域的固有特性是造成其频受雷击的重要因素之一。针对广西北部湾吹填土的电冲击特性,结合理论分析、室内试验和数值模拟的方法对其展开研究,探究其与外电场的响应规律。首先从Archie电阻率模型理论出发,结合土体的介电常数公式,提出了吹填土的电冲击模型,认为影响其与外电场之间的响应规律的主要因素是干密度、含水率和含盐量。电冲击试验表明,吹填土击穿场强随含水率对数和干密度对数的升高呈线性降低,随含盐量的升高呈指数降低。再结合数值模拟结果发现,含水率、干密度和含盐量越高,吹填土内部场强越大,受冲击电场作用越显著,对外电场的响应越强烈,其中又以含水率和含盐量的影响为主。     

超细尾砂胶结充填体强度计算模型及应用

超细尾砂已成为充填材料的主要来源。为了便于充填料浆配合比设计与强度预测,基于超细料浆微观结构,提出用固体填充率表征充填料浆结构密实程度。选用某矿山超细尾砂进行了63组配合比强度试验。研究结果表明：固体填充率和水灰比与充填体无侧限强度分别呈指数函数和负幂函数关系。采用Pearson理论对试验样本进行相关性分析,结果表明：固体填充率与水灰比相互独立。在此基础上,建立了超细尾砂胶结充填体双变量强度计算模型,模型计算值与试验值的误差在7%以内。进行了超细尾砂胶结体强度随养护时间增长的试验,基于试验数据拟合规律,提出了强度龄期数学模型,建立了三变量强度计算公式。模型能准确预测矿山充填体强度,且能有效指导矿山充填料浆设计。     

真空预压法加固吹填土的孔隙水压力试验研究

利用真空预压法处理吹填土时,孔隙水压力变化常常反映土体固结程度的好坏。通过6个模型箱试验,监测不同排水系统下孔隙水压力变化,确定有效排水体间距。研究发现0.4m间距的土内孔压下降效果比0.8m间距的土内孔压下降效果好;排水体内的孔隙水压力与排水体类型有关,且距离排水体10 cm处土体内的孔隙水压力仅为排水体内孔隙水压力的1/2弱;滤膜排水系统中的吹填土孔隙水压力下降幅度最快,B型排水板系统次之,而砂井系统最慢。另外,对于吹填土而言,排水体有效间距介于0.4m与0.8m之间,其中滤膜的有效间距最大,B型排水板次之,砂井远小于前两者。     

Semianalytical modeling on 3D stress redistribution during hydraulic fracturing stimulation and its effects on natural fracture reactivation

The hydraulic fracturing technique has been widely applied in many fields, such as the enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), the improvement of injection rates for geologic sequestration of CO₂, and for the stimulations of oil and gas reservoirs. The key points for the success of hydraulic fracturing operations in unconventional resources are to accurately estimate the redistribution of pore pressure and stresses around the induced fracture and predict the reactivations of preexisting natural fractures. The pore pressure and stress regime around hydraulic fracture are affected by poroelastic and thermoelastic phenomena as well as by fracture opening compression. In this work, a comprehensive semi-analytical model is used to estimate the stress and pore pressure distribution around an injection-induced fracture from a single well in an infinite reservoir. The model allows the leak-off distribution in the formation to be three-dimensional with the pressure transient moving ellipsoidically outward into the reservoir from the fracture surface. The pore pressure and the stress changes in three dimensions at any point around the fracture caused by poroelasticity, thermoelasticity, and fracture compression are investigated. With Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion, we calculate the natural fracture reactivations in the reservoir. Then, two case studies of constant water injection into a hydraulic fracture are presented. This work is of interest in the interpretation of microseismicity in hydraulic fracturing and in the estimation of the fracture spacing for hydraulic fracturing operations. In addition, the results from this study can be very helpful for the selection of stimulated wells and further design of the refracturing operations.     

水工隧洞围岩裂纹扩展的临界水压解析解

通过把断裂力学扩展判据引入水工隧洞解析解中,使宏观的水工隧洞受力分析与细观的围岩裂纹扩展研究相结合;将隧洞围岩裂纹分为拉剪型裂纹和压剪型裂纹,并针对不同类型裂纹的开展机制,分别推导了水工隧洞围岩拉剪型和压剪型裂纹扩展时的临界内水压力表达式。在此基础上,分析了裂纹的走向、长度、埋深等参数对临界水压的影响规律。算例显示,在高内水压力作用下,或者由于地应力释放的影响,裂纹既可能发生拉剪型扩展,也可能发生压剪型扩展,但后者发生的几率更大。在内水压力控制工况下,当裂纹走向垂直于洞壁法线方向时最不容易发生扩展;裂纹长度越长,埋深越浅,围岩孔隙水的作用面积越大,裂纹发生扩展的可能性越大。     

软土地层浅埋圆形隧道非达西渗流场解析研究

软土在低水力坡降下的渗流会偏离达西定律,即为非达西渗流模式。假设孔隙水渗透服从指数渗流模式,采用镜像法原理推导了浅埋单孔和双孔圆形隧道非达西渗流场的解析解。结合算例,对浅埋圆形隧道非达西渗流解析解与达西渗流解析解进行了对比分析与验证,并对非达西渗流指数、隧道周围土体与衬砌渗流系数比值对隧道渗流场的影响进行了讨论。结果表明：非达西渗流指数、渗流系数比值对隧道渗流量和周围土体孔压均有较大的影响;随着渗流指数逐渐增大,土体内水头损失加快,隧道周围土体孔压及渗流量逐渐减小;随着土体与衬砌渗流系数比值逐渐增大,衬砌排水能力增强,隧道渗流量逐渐增大,隧道周围土体孔压减小更大。     

Scale dependence of mineral dissolution rates within single pores and fractures

The possibility that gradients in concentration may develop within single pores and fractures, potentially giving rise to scale-dependent mineral dissolution rates, was investigated with experimentally validated reactive transport modeling. Three important subsurface mineral phases that dissolve at widely different rates, calcite, plagioclase, and iron hydroxide, were considered. Two models for analyzing mineral dissolution kinetics within a single pore were developed: (1) a Poiseuille Flow model that applies laboratory-measured dissolution kinetics at the pore or fracture wall and couples this to a rigorous treatment of both advective and diffusive transport within the pore, and (2) a Well-Mixed Reactor model that assumes complete mixing within the pore, while maintaining the same reactive surface area, average flow rate, geometry, and multicomponent chemistry as the Poiseuille Flow model. For the case of a single fracture, a 1D Plug Flow Reactor model was also considered to quantify the effects of longitudinal versus transverse mixing. Excellent agreement was obtained between results from the Poiseuille Flow model and microfluidic laboratory experiments in which pH 4 and 5 solutions were flowed through a single 500 μm diameter by 4000 μm long cylindrical pore in calcite. The numerical modeling and time scale analysis indicated that rate discrepancies arise primarily where concentration gradients develop under two necessary conditions: (1) comparable rates of reaction and advective transport, and (2) incomplete mixing via molecular diffusion. For plagioclase and iron hydroxide, the scaling effects are negligible at the single pore and fracture scale because of their slow rates. In the case of calcite, where dissolution rates are rapid, scaling effects can develop at high flow rates from 0.1 to 1000 cm/s and for fracture lengths less than 1 cm. Under more normal flow conditions where flow is usually slower than 0.001 cm/s, however, mixing via molecular diffusion is effective in homogenizing the concentration field, thus eliminating any discrepancies between the Poiseuille Flow and the Well-Mixed Reactor model. The analysis suggests that concentration gradients are unlikely to develop within single pores and fractures under typical geological/hydrologic conditions, implying that the discrepancy between laboratory and field rates must be attributed to other factors.     

高渗压小水力梯度岩石渗透性测试

对低渗透岩石的渗透性测试一般采用瞬时压力脉冲法,但该方法不能真实模拟野外高孔隙水压力、小水力梯度的现场实际条件,而且试验存在较大误差。为此开发研制了一套新型高压渗透仪,在渗透出水端安装了管路过滤器、调速阀两种器械元件,可手动任意调控流量大小,而流量大小采用精确测量渗出水体积变化量表示。试验只要保证进水端水压不变,当调控的水流量与试样的渗流量达到平衡时,则会在出水端形成一个稳定的水压值。该套试验设备不但可对圆柱体试样进行渗透性、力学特性测试,而且还可以对方柱体试样进行渗透性测试,实现了对岩石实际所处应力、高孔隙水压力环境的真实模拟。实测检验理论技术可行,达到了满意的试验效果。     

起始水力梯度对饱和黏土一维固结的影响

采用考虑起始水力梯度的非Darcy渗流方程,修正了Terzaghi饱和黏土一维固结理论,给出了相应的有限差分格式,并据此探讨了起始水力梯度对渗流前锋、孔隙水压力和土层固结度的影响。计算结果表明,如果起始水力梯度大于0,离排水面较远土层的渗流就存在滞后现象,这样土层的固结要慢于Terzaghi固结理论。此时土层的最终平均固结度小于1,这可归结为土层中存在一定的残余孔隙水压力无法完全消散的缘故。     

珊瑚砂振冲密实加固响应室内模型试验研究

随着海洋岛礁工程的大力推进,吹填珊瑚砂地基的密实加固问题开始备受关注。利用自主研发的室内振冲器开展了珊瑚砂饱和砂土地基的室内振冲模型试验研究,深入分析了振冲过程中动孔隙水压力、水平动土压力等动参量的响应规律,探讨了振冲后沉降变形、相对密实度的变化特征。结果表明：松散珊瑚砂地基的密实度在经过两次双点振冲反复加固后均提升至中密。其中相对密实度在振冲点位处的提升效果较其余位置更为明显,并且中层或深层区域的加固效果优于表层区域。在超孔隙水压力方面,其最大值出现在振冲珊瑚砂地基过程中的贯入阶段,并且在留振开始时出现衰减现象。珊瑚砂地基在振冲器上拔过程中超孔隙水压力发生断崖式下跌。在第2次贯入时,超孔隙水压力比的峰值较首次出现显著下降。超孔隙水压力比等值线云图表明,振冲过程中的超孔隙水压力比等值线呈现平行分布。珊瑚砂浅层水平土压力随振冲器的贯入与拔出均呈现增加态势,深层水平土压力则呈现减少态势。     

Materials properties of barricade bricks for mining applications

Barricade bricks are fundamental to the safe operation of a mining site. Past failures have lead to loss of life and reduced mine efficiency or even shut down. The fundamental material property that determines the operational characteristics of barricade bricks is their permeability, which must be tailored to suit the operational environment of the mine. The ability of the barricade to control the hydraulic pressure within a stope application is crucial for safety and economic returns. In the current work practical barricade bricks were tested for permeability. As well, the strength and modulus of bricks were measured after being soaked in water for either 7 or 90 days so that a measure of their engineering functionality could be determined. The primary conclusions of this work are as follows. There was substantial deviation in permeability between bricks; however, the average permeability of the barricade bricks was several orders of magnitude larger than the values obtained for the hydraulic fill. This difference indicates that modelling efforts can assume that the barricade does not contribute to the pore pressure development within the fill. Hence the drainage of the system is not related to the permeability of these bricks provided that the barricades are built from the bricks in such a way that the construction or future migration of fines from the fill does not impede the drainage performance.

潜水回水初始阶段的定性半定量分析及对水跃成因的解释

文章提出并采用水力坡度分析方法,对潜水回水初始阶段进行了定性-半定量分析,为了解潜水回水过程提供了新的视角。通过分析潜水回水初始时刻的水力坡度,河渠侧的界面被分为2段:河间潜水位之上的铅直段和之下的水平段。水平段上点的水力坡度最大且相等,方向为水平向右;铅直段上点的水力坡度方向趋于铅直向下,越向上水力坡度越小。经过微小时间段Δt后,水力坡度均相应变小,铅直段相邻点间地下水运动发生冲突,水力坡度方向由趋于铅直向下向右偏转。将水力坡度分析方法用于分析潜水井流的过程和特征,水跃的成因可解释为:在相同水力坡度和过水断面面积下,井内大空间水流速度远大于孔隙中的潜水流速度,井内水位急速下降,从而形成水跃;水跃越大,进入井内的流量就越大。