Viscous, cohesive, non-Newtonian, depositing, radial slurry flow

Mining induced subsidence can significantly affect mining costs where major surface facilities and natural environment need to be protected. Overburden grout injection is a technology used to control coal mine subsidence by injecting the mine waste material extracted from the coal back into the inter-burden rock during longwall mining. The flowing slurry is here categorised as a nonlinear viscous cohesive (Bingham plastic) fluid. During longwall mining the grout slurry is pumped into the separated beds of the rock mass through a central vertical borehole, which is drilled deep into the inter-burden rock strata above the coal seam. However, a blockage can occur in the injection system when the slurry velocity falls below a certain critical threshold velocity, indicating a material phase change from cohesive-viscous to cohesive-frictional. In situ field injection tests through boreholes have been simulated at a smaller scale at the CSIRO laboratory in Brisbane by pumping the slurry through a radial disk (gap = 4 mm) from its centre. Laboratory experiments indicate a general, nonlinear, cohesive, viscous, frictional model for shear behaviour of the slurry, in which the material shear parameters are functions of the disk radial distance. Complete dimensional and dimensionless analytical solutions have been developed based on an approach related to Bingham–Herschel–Bulkley fluid mechanics. The derived formulae include relations for minimum pump pressure, local pressure and pressure gradient, wall shear stress, volume rate, velocity and velocity gradient. The theoretical results match the experimental measurements. The experiments covered slurries with maximum particle sizes of 0.5 to 2 mm with about 50% being larger than 100 µm. The viscosities at the various solids concentrations were measured with a standard torsion viscometer. This study differs from the previous research in several distinct aspects, namely, consideration of the variable shear parameters rather than fixed values, inclusion of total nonlinear behaviour, and implementation of a friction function to mimic behaviour of the deposited and consolidating stiff slurry, which can cause a significant pressure rise as a result of the increased shear resistance.     

CHANNEL WIDENING DURING DEGRADATION OF ALLUVIAL RIVER

1 INTRODUCTIONThe fluvial processes such as transihon of river pattrms, bank chat and advance, sedimentation anderosion of flood plains and channel beds can be Observed in alluvial rivers. These fluvial PrOcesses are allattributed to variations of the sediment caping caPacity of the flow and the erodibillty of bank matrialor soil. A river sechon may be widened by bank erosion and failure.For examPle, a river channel downstream of a reservoir is scoured because the flow released frOm the…     

Two-dimensional numerical simulation of sediment transport using improved critical shear stress methods

Research on the critical shear stresses for erosion and deposition for cohesive sediment has attracted substantial attention from both engineering and theoretical viewpoints due to their importance in sediment transport theory.Previous studies have proposed a large number of empirical and semiempirical methods to estimate the critical erosion and deposition shear stress,but comparative analyses and validation of the existing methods are still lacking,leaving questions regarding the applicability ranges of the methods.The current paper evaluates the performance and applicability range of five critical erosion shear stress methods derived from different hypotheses on sediment transport for flume experiments and natural tidal rivers using a process-based model.In addition,the effect of the critical deposition shear stress on sediment transport is investigated.The results show that the different critical erosion shear stress methods yield distinctly different prediction results,and their performance and applicability ranges are discussed by comparing their predictions with measured sediment concentrations from the Shenzhen River and measured geometric changes from the Partheniades' flume experiment.The hiding and exposure effect has been recognized as a crucial factor in the incipient motion of sediment on nonuniform beds.A sensitivity analysis of selective deposition and continuous deposition justifies the existence of the critical deposition shear stress.The current study highlights the performance and applicability ranges of the existing critical shear stress methods in sediment transport modeling for uniform and nonuniform beds,which will enrich understanding of the underlying mechanisms of erosion and deposition of cohesive sediment.     

STABILIZING EFFECT OF BENTRIC ALGAE ON COHESIVE SEDIMENTS

I.INTRODUCTIONMOrphologicalprocessesinlotvlandriversaredond~actransportphenomenaoffineandcohesivesediments.AsthismaterialtendstobindtoxicagentsandthuSrepresentsapotentialdangerfortheaqUaticenvironmentitisofspotalinterestintennsOfwaterqualityinvestigations.BesidesthisapeOfenvironmentalprotectionfinesedimentsoftendepositinnavigationchannelsandimpedeshipping.implyingextensiveandexpensitredredging.Thesereasonsprot,e,thatthetranSPortbehal'iorOffinesedimentsshouldbeinvestigatedcarefullytogiv…     

Estuarine mud flocculation properties determined using an annular mini-flume and the LabSFLOC system

Most entrained estuarine sediment mass occurs as flocs. Parameterising flocculation has proven difficult as it is a dynamically active process dependent on a set of complex interactions between the sediment, fluid and the flow. However the natural variability in an estuary makes it difficult to study the factors that influence the behaviour of flocculation in a systematic manner. This paper presents preliminary results from a laboratory study that examined how floc properties of a natural estuarine mud from the Medway (UK), evolved in response to varying levels of suspended sediment concentration and induced turbulent shearing. The experiments utilised the LabSFLOC floc video camera system, in combination with an annular mini-flume to shear the suspended sediment slurries. The flows created in the mini-flume produced average shear stresses, at the floc sampling height, ranging from 0.01 N m⁻² to a peak of 1.03 N m⁻². Nominal suspended particulate matter concentrations of 100, 600 and 2000 mg l⁻¹ were introduced into the flume. The experimental runs produced individual flocs ranging in size from microflocs of 22.2 μm to macroflocs 583.7 μm in diameter. Average settling velocities ranged from 0.01 to 26.1 mm s⁻¹, whilst floc effective densities varied from 3.5 up to 2000 kg m⁻³. Low concentration and low shear stress were seen to produce an even distribution of floc mass between the macrofloc (>160 μm) and microfloc (<160 μm) fractions. As both concentration and stress rose, the proportion of macrofloc mass increased, until they represented over 80% of the suspended matter. A maximum average macrofloc settling velocity of 3.3 mm s⁻¹ was attained at a shear stress of 0.45 N m⁻². Peak turbulence conditions resulted in deflocculation, limiting the macrofloc fall velocity to only 1.1 mm s⁻¹ and placing over 60% of the mass in the microfloc size range. A statistical analysis of the data suggests that the combined influence of both suspended concentration and turbulent shear controls the settling velocity of the fragile, low density macroflocs.     

页岩微纳观尺度雁列式断续裂纹的原位观测

页岩气、煤层气等非常规油气储层层理面较为发育,而不同地域层理面胶结程度具有差异性,揭示层理面强度对水力裂缝的影响机制,对理解水力压裂缝网形成演化具有重要意义。基于ABAQUS有限元软件,利用Python编程建立了含层理面的全局嵌入0厚度cohesive单元模型,基于该模型研究了层理面强度对水力裂缝扩展的影响,进一步结合MATLAB编程实现了压裂过程的声发射(AE)模拟,为精细化研究裂缝扩展过程提供了重要手段。通过分析数值模拟结果及声发射数据可知：水力裂缝的扩展路径由最大主应力和层理面共同决定,层理面强度决定了两者影响比重,层理面强度越弱,对水力裂缝的捕获能力则越强,裂缝扩展路径将由层理面主导,层理面强度适中时在层理面和地应力共同作用下可产生顺层-穿层交错复杂裂缝网络,压裂效果最佳。顺层破裂裂缝表现为低缝宽剪切裂缝,地应力作用下不易闭合,对支撑剂强度要求较低,穿层裂缝为大缝宽拉张裂缝,有利于支撑剂的运移填充。矿物非均质性可导致裂缝的非同步扩展,间接影响裂缝的复杂程度。水力压裂施工设计时可针对不同层理面强度储层,差异化压裂设计,从而实现非常规致密油气的高效开采。     

东太湖堤线调整工程黏性吹填土特征

东太湖堤线调整大堤由黏性土水力吹填形成,填土中含大量鹅卵状土块.本文通过野外勘察、室内试验等方法初步研究分析黏性吹填土形成机理、内部结构特点、力学特性等.研究结果表明:吹填土体性质不均匀,鹅卵状土块土性较好,而重塑淤泥质黏土土性极差.黏性吹填土的渗透系数很小,固结所需时间长.其室内土工试验参数与现场实际不符,其原因是现...     

Modeling the particle breakage of rockfill materials with the cohesive crack model

A practical combined finite–discrete element method was developed to simulate the breakage of irregularly shaped particles in granular geomaterials, e.g., rockfill. Using this method, each particle is discretized into a finite element mesh. The potential fracture paths are represented by pre-inserted cohesive interface elements (CIEs) with a progressive damage model. The Mohr–Coulomb model with a tension cut-off is employed as the damage initiation criterion to rupture the predominant failure mode occurs at the particle scale. Two series of biaxial tests were simulated for both the breakable and unbreakable particle assemblies. The two assemblies have identical configurations, with the exception that the former is inserted with CIEs and is breakable. The simulated stress–strain–dilation responses obtained for both assemblies are in agreement with experimental observations. We present a comprehensive study of the role of particle breakage on the mechanical behavior of rockfill materials at both the macroscopic and microscopic scales. The underlying mechanism of particle breakage can be explained by the force chain in the assemblies.     

ANN-based model for predicting the bearing capacity of strip footing on multi-layered cohesive soil

In reality, footings are most likely to be founded on multi-layered soils. The existing methods for predicting the bearing capacity of 4-layer up to 10-layer cohesive soil are inaccurate. This paper aims to develop a more accurate bearing capacity prediction method based on multiple regression methods and multi-layer perceptrons (MLPs), one type of artificial neural networks (ANNs). Predictions of bearing capacity from the developed multiple regression models and MLP in tractable equations form are obtained and compared with the value predicted using traditional methods. The results indicate ANNs are able to predict accurately the bearing capacity of strip footing and outperform the existing methods.