Modelling of cement suspension flow in granular porous media

A theoretical model of cement suspensions flow in granular porous media considering particle filtration is presented in this paper. Two phenomenological laws have been retained for the filtration rate and the intrinsic permeability evolution. A linear evolution with respect to the volume fraction of cement in the grout has been retained for the filtration rate. The intrinsic permeability of the porous medium is looked for in the form of a hyperbolic function of the porosity change. The model depends on two phenomenological parameters only. The equations of this model are solved analytically in the one‐dimensional case. Besides, a numerical resolution based on the finite element method is also presented. It could be implemented easily in situations where no analytical solution is available. Finally, the predictions of the model are compared to the results of a grout injection test on a long column of sand. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Real‐scale miscible grout injection experiment and performance of advection–dispersion–filtration model

A model was developed, to describe miscible grout propagation in a saturated deformable porous medium, based on Bear's statistical model with spatial volume averaging. In a previous paper, the model was first successfully confronted to one‐dimensional laboratory experiments. In the present paper, the numerical model is used to simulate practical grouting operation in a cylindrical injection model. The cylindrical injection model lends itself to study main flow and propagation character istics for a dispersed suspension‐type grout, under axisymmetric conditions close to real scale conditions. Comparison between numerical solutions and experimental results is essential to confirm the validity and accuracy of the proposed model from a phenomenological standpoint. The numerical model performances show that the underlying mathematical model constitutes a realistic predictive model reproducing most prominent features during injection of a suspension‐type grout into a deformable porous medium. The basic mechanism by which injected miscible grout permeates a soil mass is discussed in detail. Such a tool leads to quality control criteria for grouting on a theoretical basis, which complements existing criteria acquired through engineering practice. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

考虑黏度时变性的水泥浆液盾构壁后注浆扩散规律及管片压力模型的试验研究

对水泥浆液黏度时变性进行了试验研究,证实了工程常用水灰比范围内水泥浆液服从宾汉姆流体特性;不同水灰比浆液黏度均随注浆时间增大而大幅度增加。根据试验结果,考虑注浆过程中水泥浆液黏度随时间的变化,对盾构壁后注浆水泥浆液的扩散规律及因注浆而造成的管片压力进行了推导及分析。计算表明：相同注浆时间条件下,水泥浆液扩散半径及注浆对管片产生的压力值均随注浆压力的增大而增大。考虑浆液黏度时变性后,扩散半径、注浆对管片压力值等均较不考虑浆液时变性时减小,且随注浆压力的增大,浆液黏度变化对管片压力值的影响更加明显。相同注浆压力条件下,浆液扩散半径及对管片产生的压力值均随注浆时间的增长而增加,但注浆前期增长速度较快,而后逐渐减缓。研究成果对于盾构壁后注浆工艺选择及参数设计具有较大的指导意义。     

砂土介质注浆渗透扩散试验与加固机制研究

设计了一套可视化砂土介质恒压注浆渗透扩散与加固模拟试验装置。选用普通硅酸盐42.5水泥（OPC）、超细硅酸盐水泥（MC）、超细硫铝水泥（MSAC）及自主研发材料（EMCG）,对砂土多孔介质进行了注浆渗透扩散与加固试验。研究了细砂土体不同浆液、注浆压力工况下扩散距离、注浆量随时间变化规律,以及不同浆液、砂样级配及注浆压力对加固效果影响。采用极差分析法确定了加固效果主控因素,获得了加固体宏观破坏模式,通过SEM分析了岩-浆界面微观加固模型,揭示了不同材料加固效果差异的本质原因。研究结果表明：注浆材料与颗粒质量分数主导着细砂土体可注性,注浆压力对可注性提高程度不大,EMCG可注性最强,MC、MSAC次之,OPC最差;在完全可注情况下,砂样级配越细,加固体强度改善效果越明显;EMCG材料加固体7、28 d强度明显高于MSAC、MC、OPC加固体;EMCG的7 d加固体强度达到28 d参数70%以上;注浆材料主导着注浆加固效果,EMCG对不同级配砂土体注浆加固效果显著优于其他水泥类材料,OPC最差;注浆后EMCG浆-岩界面生成的致密C-S-H凝胶体能够有效提高胶结强度。最后从注浆材料选型、注浆过程控制、钻孔布置方面对砂土层渗透注浆设计方法提出了工程治理改进建议。     

渗流作用对砂砾石层灌浆的影响试验研究

通过在试验砂槽中进行灌浆试验,研究了渗流作用对砂砾石层灌浆的影响。首先,在选定水泥浆作为灌浆材料的前提下,验证了砂砾石材料的可灌性,确定了灌浆的有关参数,包括浆液水灰比、灌浆时间、灌浆压力、灌浆深度等;其次,在无渗流作用下,研究了灌浆压力、浆液水灰比与浆液扩散范围之间的关系;最后,在有渗流作用下,通过调整上下游水位差,研究了灌浆压力、渗流强度与浆液扩散范围之间的关系。研究结果表明,渗流作用对灌浆压力与浆液扩散范围所呈的线性关系无明显影响,不同灌浆压力条件下,渗流强度与浆液扩散范围之间呈明显的非线性关系     

考虑扩散路径的宾汉姆流体渗透注浆机制

浆液在多孔介质中的扩散路径对渗透扩散范围和注浆效果具有非常重要的影响。采用理论分析,以分形特征与宾汉姆流体在多孔介质中的渗流运动方程为基础,揭示了考虑扩散路径的宾汉姆流体渗透注浆机制,并利用团队前期开展的渗透注浆试验对其进行了验证。分析了多孔介质孔隙率、宾汉姆水泥浆液水灰比、多孔介质渗透系数、注浆压力、地下水压力等对扩散半径的影响变化规律。同时,基于Comsol Multiphysics平台,采用计算机编程技术二次开发得到了考虑扩散路径的宾汉姆流体渗透注浆机制的渗透注浆三维数值模拟程序,并以此开展了宾汉姆水泥浆液在多孔介质中渗透扩散形态效果的数值模拟。研究结果表明：与不考虑扩散路径的宾汉姆流体渗透注浆球形扩散公式获得的扩散半径理论计算值相比,采用考虑扩散路径的宾汉姆流体渗透注浆机制得到的扩散半径理论计算值更接近试验值。该研究成果可为实践注浆工程提供一定的理论支撑。     

基于黏度时变性的桩端压力浆液上返高度模型及工程应用

桩端后压浆浆液上返高度对后压浆桩承载力的计算影响较大。基于幂律型流体的黏度时变性特征,推导了考虑黏度时变性的桩端压力浆液上返的理论计算公式,并给出了参数的确定方法及成层土中浆液上返高度的迭代算法;结合台州湾大桥的接线工程,利用电磁波CT对桩基后压浆的加固效果进行了探测分析。结果表明,采用浆液沿压浆管道阻力损失的拟合值并考虑黏度时变性得到的浆液上返高度的计算结果与实测结果基本吻合且偏于安全,而忽略黏度时变性得到的计算结果偏大,会对后压浆桩的承载力设计造成不利影响。此外,电磁波CT能观测到桩体、水泥浆加固体及土体的分布情况,且能推测出水泥浆液在桩端的扩散范围和沿桩身的上返高度,可用于评价后压浆桩的压浆效果。研究成果可为后压浆桩的设计和效果检测提供参考和指导。     

An investigation of the effects of important grouting and rock parameters on the grouting process

Today, grouting is used as an aid in ground improvement in most civil and mining engineering projects. Groutability and grout penetration depth are among the most important issues that are considered in grouting operation. Various parameters such as in-situ stress, pore water pressure, joint geometric and geomechanical characteristics, grout properties (viscosity and yield stress) and technical factors such as grouting pressure and flow rate affect the groutability and grout penetration depth in a jointed rock mass. Knowledge of the effect of these parameters has advantages in the prediction of grouting results. Typically, cement-based grout is used in jointed rock masses. Unlike water, stable cement-based grout usually acts as a Bingham fluid. In this study the effect of important parameters on grouting process in a jointed rock mass was investigated numerically using the DEM method. In the conducted study, the problem geometry represents a horizontal section in a regularly jointed rock mass with two joint sets. The analyses results show that the grout penetration depth and intake increase as joint aperture, normal stiffness and grouting pressure increase and in-situ stress and pore water pressure decrease. Increase in joint spacing does not have any effect on the grout penetration depth but decreases the grout intake. The effect of joint orientation on grouting process is strongly dependent on in-situ stress state. On the other hand, increase in grout yield stress decreases the grout penetration depth and intake, while grout viscosity does not have any effect on maximum grout penetration depth and intake. To further investigate the above mechanisms, the grouting process conducted in Gotvand dam-Iran was simulated numerically.     

An artificial neural network for groutability prediction of permeation grouting with microfine cement grouts

The use of microfine cements in permeation grouting has been growing as a strategy in geotechnical engineering because it usually provides improved groutability (N). One of the major challenges of using microfine cement grouts is the ability to estimate the N within a reasonable level of error. The suitability of traditional groutability prediction formulas, which are mostly based on the grain-size of the soil and the grout, is questionable for semi-nanometer scale grout. This study first investigated the accuracy of the current formulas; we found that the accuracy ranges from 45% to 68%, a level that is not adequate for practical engineering. An alternative approach, based on a Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN), was developed. RBFNN provides a prediction with a 95.8% accuracy within a short time frame. Several parameters were considered in our proposed network; besides the grain-size of the soil (D₁₀/D₁₅), other important parameters included the void ratio (e), the fines content (FC), the uniformity coefficient (C_u), the coefficient of gradation (C_z) and the water-to-cement ratio (w/c). A total of 240 in situ data samples were collected to support the training and testing of the network. After finding a good correlation between the field observation and the RBFNN output, it was concluded that RBFNN is a suitable and reliable tool to predict the outcome of permeation grouting when microfine cement grout is used.     

Mathematical and numerical filtration–advection–dispersion model of miscible grout propagation in saturated porous media

The development of a predictive model of behaviour of porous media during injection of miscible grout, taking into account convection, dilution and filtration of grout solution with interstitial water, as well as consolidation aspects, is presented. Model assumptions are reviewed and discussed first. During the establishment of the model, we insist on surface terms and their physical relevance in expressing adsorption effects. Constitutive laws such as Fick's law for diffusive mass transport, hydrodynamic dispersion tensor dealing with miscibility, are modified by taking into account filtration effects. A new surface term appears in mass balance equations as a consequence of filtration. According to the filtration laws used, an initial filtration rate is estimated on the basis of a one‐dimensional experimental campaign. The field equations are discretized by using Galerkin finite element and θ‐scheme standard method. For transport equation, Streamline Upwind Petrov Galerkin method is employed to prevent numerical oscillations. Lastly, confrontation of numerical results with laboratory experiments constitutes a first step to validate the model on a realistic basis. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

陕北采煤沉陷区黄土基注浆材料性能试验及配比优选

注浆法是采煤沉陷区的主要治理方法，浆材对注浆效果和成本影响很大。以陕北地区黄土-水泥-添加剂混合浆液为研究对象，采用单因素及正交试验对黄土浆液的黏度、凝胶时间、结石率及28 d单轴无侧限抗压强度进行试验研究，对各指标的影响因素及变化规律进行分析，同时，建立黄土基浆液的GA-BPNN预测模型，通过GA多目标全局寻优，优选出一定强度下成本最低的浆液配比。试验结果表明:黄土水泥浆液与陕北地区普遍采用的水泥粉煤灰浆液性能相近，成本大幅降低，黄土基注浆材料密度及结石率受水固比影响最为明显，黏度主要受水固比及黄土（水泥）掺量影响，28 d强度主要受黄土（水泥）掺量影响；采用GA-BPNN构建模型预测的黄土基注浆材料性能预测值与期望值相对误差为0.74%~1.83%，预测结果精度高，可满足实际应用需求。移动阅读      

An FEM/VOF hybrid formulation for fracture grouting modelling

A numerical model using a hybrid formulation of a finite element method (FEM) coupled with the volume of fluid (VOF) technique to simulate the fracture grouting processes in soils is described. The numerical model considered the couplings of the stress distribution, with two-phase fluid flows, and the mesh element damage. The hardening of grout in soil is described by a time-dependent Young’s modulus and viscosity. Crack initiation, branching, propagation, and grout vein growth in homogeneous and heterogeneous soils can be numerically reproduced. Although the method is developed particularly for simulating fracture grouting, the processes of compaction grouting and permeation grouting can also be numerically simulated. Some grouting cases have been simulated with results similar to the experimental results. This further confirms the adequacy and the power of the numerical approach.     

Injectability of Microfine Cement Grouts into Limestone Sands with Different Gradations: Experimental Investigation and Prediction

One-dimensional injection tests were conducted on dry and dense sand columns with a height of 36.5 cm for the injectability evaluation of cement grouts. Three ordinary cement types were pulverized to obtain fine-grained cements having nominal maximum grain sizes of 40, 20 and 10 μm. Suspensions of these cements with water to cement (W/C) ratios of 1, 2 and 3, by weight, were injected into 54 clean, limestone sands with different gradations. Pulverization of the ordinary cements to produce microfine cements extends the range of groutable sands to “medium-to-fine”. Suspension injectability is improved by increasing cement fineness and suspension W/C ratio or by decreasing apparent viscosity and is controlled by the synthesis of the finer portion (d ≤ d₂₅) of the sand gradation. The outcome of the 131 injectability tests conducted is successfully predicted by available groutability criteria at a rate ranging between 51 and 69%. The “new groutability and filtration criteria” proposed in this study, are adapted to the finer 25% of the sand gradation, have successful predictions for 79% of the cases (10–28% higher than those of the existing groutability criteria) and predict successfully the appearance of filtration in 83% of the available cases. The model developed by performing Binary Logistic Regression analyses of the injection test results is considered appropriate for the prediction of injectability of cement grouts in sands because it exhibits a coefficient of multiple determination equal to 0.84 and provides a rate of successful predictions equal to 78% of the available experimental results.     

立井井筒注浆工程断层破碎带注浆材料的研究

为了满足立井井筒地面预注浆工程中断层带注浆对注浆材料的要求,解决单液水泥浆扩散距离不易控制的问题,研制了一种新型塑性早强水泥注浆材料。通过研究塑性早强浆液的流变性能,结合平面裂隙扩散模型,论述了塑性早强浆液的动切力、塑性黏度及其时变特征。这是决定其在扩散过程中注浆压力衰减快,扩散范围小的本质原因。      

Multi-scale modelling of the permeability evolution of fine sands during cement suspension grouting with filtration

Fluid flow during permeation grouting of fine sands with a microcement-based grout is studied by assuming that the heterogeneous medium composed of the initial granular skeleton, filtered cement and the interstitial fluid phase can be replaced by a continuous equivalent medium at the macroscopic level. Consequently, the method of Homogenization of Periodic Structures (HPS) is used to identify the effective permeability tensor evolution under the effect of cement filtration. The expression of the macroscopic permeability tensor derived through the HPS procedure is shown to depend on the permeating fluid viscosity and the geometrical arrangement of the sand grains and cement deposit within the microstructure. Numerical computations are made using various two-dimensional and three-dimensional microstructures, and the model results are confronted with grouting experiments performed on small scale columns in the laboratory.     

考虑时变性影响的盾构壁后注浆浆液固结及消散机制研究

在盾构管片壁后注浆时,由于浆液渗透压的存在,浆液会向外渗透,浆体本身逐渐固结,作用在管片上的注浆压力逐渐消散。考虑到浆液往周边地层渗透过程中由于黏度的变化会引起地层渗透系数的变化,推导了基于浆液黏度时变性的浆体固结变形方程和浆液压力消散方程,分析了浆液固结、消散及浆液压力沿管片外壁分布规律,为精细化分析施工阶段管片受力提供了计算依据。计算结果表明：浆液从注浆口喷出后,浆液黏性的增大使浆液流动性减小,注浆压力消散幅度减小,浆液消散持续时间变短。浆液配比与围岩渗透系数变化对注浆压力消散幅度及消散持续时间存在一定影响。现场实测结果与理论计算结果较为一致。在进行壁后注浆时,应充分考虑时变作用下浆液消散作用的影响。     

"抽注式"注浆法探讨

目前孔隙性围岩注浆参数大多是根据浅表土的渗透系数确定的，这不适合深层土注浆。本文从注浆压力对浆液扩散影响最显著的特点出发，提出用注浆孔与抽水孔同时工作的方法，这种方法可使浆液水力坡度增大，增加浆液有效扩散半径，提高深表土层注浆效果。     

基于流体体积法的劈裂注浆有限元分析

劈裂注浆作为一种有效的土体加固方法,其理论研究落后于工程实践。提出了基于弥散裂缝模型和流体体积法的劈裂注浆有限元分析方法,并通过ABAQUS二次开发编写劈裂注浆有限元程序。数值分析结果能与室内试验较好吻合,验证了有限元算法的合理性。在此基础上研究了注浆孔埋深和注浆流量对劈裂浆脉形状的影响。结果表明,劈裂注浆过程可分为起劈和劈裂发展两个阶段。当劈裂浆脉扩展到模型边界后,继续注浆会引起注浆压力的大幅提高和已有浆脉宽度的增加。随着注浆孔埋深的增加,浆脉分支减少,长度减小,宽度增加,劈裂浆脉形状的主要控制因素从土体参数的随机性变成大小主应力值的差异。注浆量一定的情况下,注浆速率越大,劈裂浆脉长度越短,宽度越大,注浆终压也越大。研究为劈裂注浆的工程应用提供理论支撑。     

Modeling of a semi-real injection test in sand

This article presents a model of flow and transport with filtration in porous media which is used to analyze large-scale grouting tests. A program based on the finite element method is developed to solve the model equations; a particular attention is paid to inherent issues of transport problems. The analysis of these tests aims at providing insights on the propagation patterns associated to the injection of cement-based grouts in sand. To apprehend particular features that characterize field injections, the experiments are performed by using a tube-a-manchette and a patented grout. Finally, the role of filtration during the tests is discussed.     

黏度时变性灌浆材料加固碎裂岩体应用研究

针对普通水泥浆流动时间长、早期强度低、可灌性差,在复杂岩体注浆中质量难以保证的问题,提出以普通水泥浆为基浆,对普通水泥浆适当掺加外掺剂进行改良,以调节水泥水化及硬化进程,形成SJP黏度时变性灌浆材料。其特征主要为浆液初始流动性好,浆液黏度增长缓慢,浆液过可泵时间后其黏度将迅速增大,浆液在可泵时间内保持良好的可灌性;浆液流动时间可控,可泵时间到初凝时间间隔短,浆液不易被冲蚀;同时浆液固结体具有前期强度增长快,后期强度高的特点;可以根据不同岩层特点,改变外掺剂的加入量,可以形成与地层良好适应性的灌浆材料。应用结果表明:对于陡倾、宽缝、碎裂岩体,SJP黏度时变性灌浆材料具有良好适宜性,可以作为锚杆灌浆材料,在减少材料用量的同时,可缩短工时,灌注质量满足设计要求。SJP灌浆材料已应用到坝基加固、房屋地基处理、地质灾害治理工程中。