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Analytical approach for lateral dynamic behaviours of pipe piles enhanced by cement-improved soil in unsaturated ground 非饱和地层中水泥改良土增强管桩横向动力行为的分析方法
IF 5.6 1区 工程技术
Acta Geotechnica Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1007/s11440-024-02373-1
Hongbo Liu, Guoliang Dai, Fengxi Zhou, Haoran OuYang, Jun Liu
{"title":"Analytical approach for lateral dynamic behaviours of pipe piles enhanced by cement-improved soil in unsaturated ground","authors":"Hongbo Liu,&nbsp;Guoliang Dai,&nbsp;Fengxi Zhou,&nbsp;Haoran OuYang,&nbsp;Jun Liu","doi":"10.1007/s11440-024-02373-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11440-024-02373-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Pipe piles enhanced by cement-improved soil (hereinafter referred to as enhanced pipe piles) have excellent bearing capacity compared with traditional piles and are often used as the foundation of offshore wind turbines and coastal soft-soil embankment. This study aims to clarify and gain an insight into the lateral dynamic response of enhanced pipe piles in unsaturated soil by developing an analytical approach. In the proposed approach, the enhanced pipe pile divides into two parts: The first part is considered as a composite pile formed by a concrete pipe pile and a cement-soil mixing pile through high-strength bonding, and the second part formed by a concrete pipe pile and an unsaturated soil column. The lateral vibration behaviours of the enhanced pipe pile and the unsaturated soil resistance are deduced by the Euler–Bernoulli beam theory and the porous viscoelastic theory of three-phase mixture, respectively. The closed-form solutions for the horizontal, rocking and horizontal-rocking dynamic impedances at the pile head of enhanced pipe pile under horizontal dynamic loads have been determined and then validated by comparing with the existing results. Numerical discussions are finally conducted to analysis the influence of physical parameters of enhanced pipe pile and unsaturated soil on the three types of dynamic impedance at the pile head. The main findings can be summarized as: (a) For the cement-soil mixing pile, its length should not exceed half of the concrete pipe pile, its radius size should be moderate and its elastic modulus can be as large as possible; (b) the wall thickness and elastic modulus of the concrete pipe pile can be appropriately increased to make the enhanced pipe pile achieve better vibration resistance and (c) the increase of the soil saturation will reduce the anti-vibration ability of enhanced pipe piles.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49308,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geotechnica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141775640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Response of anisotropy modeled compacted embankment during infiltration 各向异性模型压实路堤在渗透过程中的反应
IF 5.7 1区 工程技术
Acta Geotechnica Pub Date : 2024-07-22 DOI: 10.1007/s11440-024-02374-0
Rakshanda Showkat, G. L. Sivakumar Babu
{"title":"Response of anisotropy modeled compacted embankment during infiltration","authors":"Rakshanda Showkat, G. L. Sivakumar Babu","doi":"10.1007/s11440-024-02374-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-024-02374-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>During rainfall, collapse compression predominates due to the slippage of particles, resulting in the rearrangement of soil fabric toward a configuration dependent on the fabric of the initial stress state. Consequently, these alterations in soil fabric induce anisotropic mechanical behavior in unsaturated soils. In this study, an anisotropic model, denoted as ABBM and based on the Barcelona Basic Model (BBM), was implemented into FLAC to analyze the wetting behavior of a typical compacted embankment during infiltration. The research findings indicate that prolonged rainfall durations result in the evolution of the yield surface, consequently amplifying vertical surface displacement. Moreover, as the anisotropic evolution parameter surpasses a defined threshold, the degree of anisotropy diminishes, ultimately resembling the isotropic behavior observed in the Barcelona Basic Model (BBM) due to changes in preconsolidation pressure. The study presents an innovative approach to evaluate embankment performance under rainfall-induced conditions by considering changes in fabric anisotropy relative to the degree of saturation. The results demonstrate that alterations in the degree of saturation lead to rotation of the yield surface, nearly erasing anisotropy upon reaching full saturation. To account for parameter variability, a reliability analysis was performed using the Monte Carlo method, assessing the performance of embankment using different constitutive models, viz, the Mohr–Coulomb model, BBM, and ABBM. Notably, the analysis revealed that embankment failure probabilities simulated using the ABBM exceed those obtained using the Mohr–Coulomb criterion or BBM, suggesting a greater susceptibility to failure in terms of deformations. This observation has practical significance in a sense that use of appropriate constitutive models in embankments is required.</p>","PeriodicalId":49308,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geotechnica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141737635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Particle-scale study on backward erosion of multilayer erodible medium under converging flow: experimental tests and numerical modelling 汇流条件下多层可侵蚀介质逆向侵蚀的粒子尺度研究:实验测试与数值模拟
IF 5.6 1区 工程技术
Acta Geotechnica Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI: 10.1007/s11440-024-02370-4
Gang Zheng, Zhitong Chen, Tianqi Zhang, Huimin Qiu, Ke Wang, Yu Diao
{"title":"Particle-scale study on backward erosion of multilayer erodible medium under converging flow: experimental tests and numerical modelling","authors":"Gang Zheng,&nbsp;Zhitong Chen,&nbsp;Tianqi Zhang,&nbsp;Huimin Qiu,&nbsp;Ke Wang,&nbsp;Yu Diao","doi":"10.1007/s11440-024-02370-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11440-024-02370-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Leakage at the bottom of an underground structure can compel ground water to form a converging flow, under which soil erosion may occur, thereby threatening the safety of the structure. Previous studies have shown that converging flow may induce backward erosion, and unravelling the mechanism behind this type of erosion was pivotal to mitigating disasters in practical engineering. Existing studies on this topic have been limited to monolayer erodible medium, while the mechanism behind the backward erosion of a multilayer erodible medium under converging flow remains unclear. In this study, both experimental tests and numerical simulations based on the validated computational fluid dynamics and the discrete element coupling method (CFD–DEM) were conducted to investigate the backward erosion of a multilayer sample under converging flow. The results demonstrated that the multilayer sample was eroded layer-by-layer, whereby residual layers could be observed at the bottom of the sample. The eroded regions in different layers were similar in shape but smaller in size for lower layers. In addition, particle exchange occurred among different layers during the erosion process. In general, lower-layer particles could directly ascend to upper layers in the eroded regions, whereas upper-layer particles mainly settled on the periphery of the eroded regions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49308,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geotechnica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141737500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Numerical model for solid-like and fluid-like behavior of granular flows 颗粒流动的类固体和类流体行为的数值模型
IF 5.6 1区 工程技术
Acta Geotechnica Pub Date : 2024-07-16 DOI: 10.1007/s11440-024-02364-2
Yadong Wang, Wei Wu
{"title":"Numerical model for solid-like and fluid-like behavior of granular flows","authors":"Yadong Wang,&nbsp;Wei Wu","doi":"10.1007/s11440-024-02364-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11440-024-02364-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We propose a constitutive model for both the solid-like and fluid-like behavior of granular materials by decomposing the stress tensor into quasi-static and collisional components. A hypoplastic model is adopted for the solid-like behavior in the quasi-static regime, while the viscous and dilatant behavior in the fluid-like regime is represented by a modified <span>(mu (I))</span> rheology model. This model effectively captures the transition between solid-like and fluid-like flows. Performance and validation of the proposed model are demonstrated through numerical simulations of element tests.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49308,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geotechnica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11440-024-02364-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141640471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Study on the dynamic characteristics of geogrids combined with rubber particles reinforced with calcareous sand 研究橡胶颗粒加固钙质砂土工格栅的动态特性
IF 5.6 1区 工程技术
Acta Geotechnica Pub Date : 2024-07-15 DOI: 10.1007/s11440-024-02368-y
Junli Gao, Guoliang Zhu, Jiajun Wang, Yan Yang, Yuqi Li
{"title":"Study on the dynamic characteristics of geogrids combined with rubber particles reinforced with calcareous sand","authors":"Junli Gao,&nbsp;Guoliang Zhu,&nbsp;Jiajun Wang,&nbsp;Yan Yang,&nbsp;Yuqi Li","doi":"10.1007/s11440-024-02368-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11440-024-02368-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Reinforced calcareous sand is increasingly recognized as a promising roadbed filler. This study evaluated the effects of different reinforcement methods, rubber content, dynamic stress amplitude, and loading frequency on calcareous sand through stress controlled undrained triaxial tests, and studied the dynamic characteristics and particle crushing of reinforced calcareous sand. The results showed that geogrid reinforcement increased the occurrence of particle fragmentation in calcareous sand and had the ability to resist deformation of rubber–calcareous sand mixtures, but the addition of rubber retarded particle fragmentation. In the case of geogrid reinforcement, the increase in rubber particle content from 0 to 10% corresponded to a 23.9% decrease in relative particle fragmentation. In the case with rubber particle reinforcement only, after 1000 cumulative loading cycles, the cumulative axial strain of the specimens increased 2.9 times when the rubber content was increased from 10 to 30%; the cumulative axial strain increased 60.7% when the amplitude of the dynamic stress was increased from 40 to 80 kPa; and the cumulative axial strain decreased 1.7% when the loading frequency was increased from 0.5 to 2 Hz, from 2.46 to 1.825%. The results of the study can provide reference and guidance for practical engineering.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49308,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geotechnica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141646883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Free strain consolidation of soft ground improved by stone columns under time-dependent loading considering smear effects 考虑涂抹效应,在随时间变化的荷载作用下,用石柱改善软土地基的自由应变固结效果
IF 5.7 1区 工程技术
Acta Geotechnica Pub Date : 2024-07-13 DOI: 10.1007/s11440-024-02366-0
Yang Liu, Peichen Wu, Jian-Hua Yin, Jun-Jie Zheng
{"title":"Free strain consolidation of soft ground improved by stone columns under time-dependent loading considering smear effects","authors":"Yang Liu, Peichen Wu, Jian-Hua Yin, Jun-Jie Zheng","doi":"10.1007/s11440-024-02366-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-024-02366-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper presents a consolidation model for stone column-reinforced soft ground subjected to time-dependent loading under free strain condition. Smear effects and three types of loadings, namely, constant loading, ramp loading, and sinusoidal loading, are considered in the developed consolidation model, which is solved by a numerical method based on a partial differential equation solver. The applicability of the proposed consolidation model and the reliability of the numerical method are demonstrated and verified by well-predicting the consolidation behaviors of two practical engineering cases and one laboratory experiment. The verified model and the numerical method are then employed to investigate the effects of smear zone and time-dependent loading on consolidation characteristics of stone column-improved soft ground. The results indicate that the excess pore water pressure undergoes a sharp change at the interface between the smear zone and the undisturbed zone due to smear effects. The smaller the range of the smear zone, the faster the settlement of the composite foundation develops. The faster the loading rate, the faster the dissipation of excess pore water pressure and the faster the settlement develops. In addition, for the foundation subjected to sinusoidal loading, the higher loading frequency results in a larger amplitude corresponding to the excess pore water pressure and a smaller amplitude corresponding to the settlement of the soil.</p>","PeriodicalId":49308,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geotechnica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141612079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Coupled hydro-mechanical hypoplastic model for partially saturated soils under monotonic and cyclic loading 单调荷载和循环荷载下部分饱和土壤的水力机械耦合低塑性模型
IF 5.6 1区 工程技术
Acta Geotechnica Pub Date : 2024-07-12 DOI: 10.1007/s11440-024-02371-3
M. Pico, D. Mašín, W. Fuentes
{"title":"Coupled hydro-mechanical hypoplastic model for partially saturated soils under monotonic and cyclic loading","authors":"M. Pico,&nbsp;D. Mašín,&nbsp;W. Fuentes","doi":"10.1007/s11440-024-02371-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11440-024-02371-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Numerous geotechnical applications are significantly influenced by changes of moisture conditions, such as energy geostructures, nuclear waste disposal storage, embankments, landslides, and pavements. Additionally, the escalating impacts of climate change have started to amplify the influence of severe seasonal variations on the performance of foundations. These scenarios induce thermo-hydro-mechanical loads in the soil that can also vary in a cyclic manner. Robust constitutive numerical models are essential to analyze such behaviors. This article proposes an extended hypoplastic constitutive model capable of predicting the behavior of partially saturated fine-grained soils under monotonic and cyclic loading. The proposed model was developed through a hierarchical procedure that integrates existing features for accounting large strain behavior, asymptotic states, and small strain stiffness effects, and considers the dependency of strain accumulation rate on the number of cycles. To achieve this, the earlier formulation by Wong and Mašín (CG 61:355–369, 2014) was enhanced with the Improvement of the intergranular strain (ISI) concept proposed by Duque et al. (AG 15:3593–3604, 2020), extended with a new modification to predict the increase in soil stiffness with suction under cyclic loading. Furthermore, the water retention curve was modified with a new formulation proposed by Svoboda et al. (AG 18:3193–3211, 2023), which reproduces the nonlinear dependency of the degree of saturation on suction. The model’s capabilities were examined using experimental results on a completely decomposed tuff subjected to monotonic and cyclic loading under different saturation ranges. The comparison between experimental measurements and numerical predictions suggests that the model reasonably captures the monotonic and cyclic behavior of fine-grained soil under partially saturated conditions. Some limitations of the extended model are as well remarked.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49308,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geotechnica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141612080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Strain energy dissipation during liquefaction of fibre-reinforced sand under undrained cyclic triaxial loading 不排水循环三轴加载下纤维增强砂液化过程中的应变能耗散
IF 5.7 1区 工程技术
Acta Geotechnica Pub Date : 2024-07-11 DOI: 10.1007/s11440-024-02360-6
Xidong Zhang, Adrian R. Russell, Xiaoqiang Dong
{"title":"Strain energy dissipation during liquefaction of fibre-reinforced sand under undrained cyclic triaxial loading","authors":"Xidong Zhang, Adrian R. Russell, Xiaoqiang Dong","doi":"10.1007/s11440-024-02360-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-024-02360-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Mixing discrete flexible fibres into sand may improve its liquefaction resistance during cyclic loading. Here, the benefits are demonstrated by performing undrained cyclic triaxial tests on fibre-reinforced samples in very loose and loose states. The development of a liquified state may be delayed when fibres are present. Here, the strain energy dissipation during loading, and liquefaction development, is focused on. The results show that strain energy continuously dissipates as undrained cyclic loading proceeds. The capacity energy, which coincides with a double amplitude axial strain of 5% or the unity of excess pore pressure ratio (<span>({r}_{u})</span>), whichever occurs first, is increased by the inclusion of fibres. Under the two-way symmetrical cyclic loading, with a cyclic stress ratio of 0.2, the inclusion of fibres with a fibre content of 0.5% leads to the capacity energies of the samples in very loose and loose states increasing by 86.8 and 158.8%, respectively. The generation of pore pressure is closely related to the dissipated energy. The fibres alter the liquefaction responses of a sand skeleton in ways that depend on the applied loading conditions, and this depends on the extent to which the fibres are mobilized in tension during loading. When unities of <span>({r}_{u})</span> are attained for fibre-reinforced sand samples, their states may vary greatly and remain far from liquefaction. A newly defined pore pressure ratio <span>(({{r}_{u}}^{*}))</span> proves to be a better indicator of liquefaction in fibre-reinforced sand. A possible energy-based method, intended for practical use to assess liquefaction resistance of fibre-reinforced sand, and the margin of safety against liquefaction, is also presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":49308,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geotechnica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141584877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Analysis of the effect of breakable particle corners on uplift pile–soil interaction behaviors in calcareous sand 可破碎颗粒边角对钙质砂中隆起桩-土相互作用行为的影响分析
IF 5.7 1区 工程技术
Acta Geotechnica Pub Date : 2024-07-09 DOI: 10.1007/s11440-024-02367-z
Yu Peng, Zhen-Yu Yin, Fengchun Yang, Liming Qu, Xuanming Ding
{"title":"Analysis of the effect of breakable particle corners on uplift pile–soil interaction behaviors in calcareous sand","authors":"Yu Peng, Zhen-Yu Yin, Fengchun Yang, Liming Qu, Xuanming Ding","doi":"10.1007/s11440-024-02367-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-024-02367-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The effect of breakable particle corners is often overlooked in research on pile–soil interaction, which hinders the understanding of the uplift pile behaviors in calcareous sand. This research examines the breakable corner effects on uplift pile–soil interaction in calcareous sand from macro to micro, through model tests and coupled discrete element method–finite difference method. Results revealed that compared to that in silica sand, the higher bearing capacity and relatively abrupt failure behavior of uplift piles in calcareous sands were attributed to the corner interlocking effect and corner breakage effect, respectively. The unstable load transmission along piles in calcareous sand was thoroughly explained by a coupled effect of corner interlocking and breakage. Furthermore, the reduction in effective contacts and alterations in soil skeletons were identified as critical factors contributing to the distinctive soil behaviors in calcareous sand. Moreover, the relative sliding distance of particles was found to be the key factor in determining the amount of corner breakages due to stress concentration at corners. Lastly, a positive feedback loop involving corner breakage effects was proposed, successfully explaining the distinctive phenomenon of uplift piles in calcareous sand. This study provides new perspectives to clarify distinctive pile–soil interaction behaviors in calcareous sand.</p>","PeriodicalId":49308,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geotechnica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141572517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Modelling and simulation of natural hydraulic fracturing applied to experiments on natural sandstone cores 应用于天然砂岩岩心实验的天然水力压裂建模和模拟
IF 5.7 1区 工程技术
Acta Geotechnica Pub Date : 2024-07-08 DOI: 10.1007/s11440-024-02351-7
Junxiang Wang, Alixa Sonntag, Dongwon Lee, Giovanna Xotta, Valentina A. Salomoni, Holger Steeb, Arndt Wagner, Wolfgang Ehlers
{"title":"Modelling and simulation of natural hydraulic fracturing applied to experiments on natural sandstone cores","authors":"Junxiang Wang, Alixa Sonntag, Dongwon Lee, Giovanna Xotta, Valentina A. Salomoni, Holger Steeb, Arndt Wagner, Wolfgang Ehlers","doi":"10.1007/s11440-024-02351-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-024-02351-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Under in-situ conditions, natural hydraulic fractures (NHF) can occur in permeable rock structures as a result of a rapid decrease of pore water accompanied by a local pressure regression. Obviously, these phenomena are of great interest for the geo-engineering community, as for instance in the framework of mining technologies. Compared to induced hydraulic fractures, NHF do not evolve under an increasing pore pressure resulting from pressing a fracking fluid in the underground but occur and evolve under local pore-pressure reductions resulting in tensile stresses in the rock material. The present contribution concerns the question under what quantitative circumstances NHF emerge and evolve. By this means, the novelty of this article results from the combination of numerical investigations based on the Theory of Porous Media with a tailored experimental protocol applied to saturated porous sandstone cylinders. The numerical investigations include both pre-existing and evolving fractures described by use of an embedded phase-field fracture model. Based on this procedure, representative mechanical and hydraulic loading scenarios are simulated that are in line with experimental investigations on low-permeable sandstone cylinders accomplished in the Porous Media Lab of the University of Stuttgart. The values of two parameters, the hydraulic conductivity of the sandstone and the critical energy release rate of the fracture model, have turned out essential for the occurrence of tensile fractures in the sandstone cores, where the latter is quantitatively estimated by a comparison of experimental and numerical results. This parameter can be taken as reference for further studies of in-situ NHF phenomena and experimental results.</p>","PeriodicalId":49308,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geotechnica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141572583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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