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Diffusion-hydraulic properties of grouting geological rough fractures with power-law slurry

  • Mu, Wenqiang (Key Laboratory of Ministry Education on Safe Mining of Deep Metal Mines, Northeastern University) ;
  • Li, Lianchong (Key Laboratory of Ministry Education on Safe Mining of Deep Metal Mines, Northeastern University) ;
  • Liu, Xige (Key Laboratory of Ministry Education on Safe Mining of Deep Metal Mines, Northeastern University) ;
  • Zhang, Liaoyuan (Shengli Oilfield Branch Company, SINOPEC) ;
  • Zhang, Zilin (Shengli Oilfield Branch Company, SINOPEC) ;
  • Huang, Bo (Shengli Oilfield Branch Company, SINOPEC) ;
  • Chen, Yong (Shengli Oilfield Branch Company, SINOPEC)
  • Received : 2019.07.22
  • Accepted : 2020.04.03
  • Published : 2020.05.25
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Abstract

Different from the conventional planar fracture and simplified Newton model, for power-law slurries with a lower water-cement ratio commonly used in grouting engineering, flow model in geological rough fractures is built based on ten standard profiles from Barton (1977) in this study. The numerical algorithm is validated by experimental results. The flow mechanism, grout superiority, and water plugging of pseudo plastic slurry are revealed. The representations of hydraulic grouting properties for JRCs are obtained. The results show that effective plugging is based on the mechanical mechanisms of the fluctuant structural surface and higher viscosity at the middle of the fissure. The formulas of grouting parameters are always variable with the roughness and shear movement, which play a key role in grouting. The roughness can only be neglected after reaching a threshold. Grouting pressure increases with increasing roughness and has variable responses for different apertures within standard profiles. The whole process can be divided into three stationary zones and three transition zones, and there is a mutation region (10 < JRCs < 14) in smaller geological fractures. The fitting equations of different JRCs are obtained of power-law models satisfying the condition of -2 < coefficient < 0. The effects of small apertures and moderate to larger roughness (JRCs > 10.8) on the permeability of surfaces cannot be underestimated. The determination of grouting parameters depends on the slurry groutability in terms of its weakest link with discontinuous streamlines. For grouting water plugging, the water-cement ratio, grouting pressure and grouting additives should be determined by combining the flow conditions and the apparent widths of the main fracture and rough surface. This study provides a calculation method of grouting parameters for variable cement-based slurries. And the findings can help for better understanding of fluid flow and diffusion in geological fractures.

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Acknowledgement

Supported by : National Natural Science Foundation of China, Central Universities, Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China

This work was conducted with support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos.51879041, 51761135102 and U1710253), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. N180105029), and Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (grant no. 2018M641706). The authors express their sincere thanks to the reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions for improving this paper.

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