Ring shear and seepage-coupled apparatus and ring shear and seepage-coupled test system for rock and rock fracture under tension or compression stress

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10684203-B2
Application number	US-201815950318-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 11, 2018
Priority date	Jul 6, 2017
Publication date	Jun 16, 2020
Grant date	Jun 16, 2020

Abstract

A ring shear and seepage-coupled apparatus and a ring shear and seepage-coupled test system for rock and rock fracture under tension or compression stress are provided, relating to the technical field of mechanical testing devices. As to the ring shear and seepage-coupled apparatus, an axial piston rod is connected with an upper shear box, a torque transferring shaft is connected with a lower shear box, an axial force transducer is provided on the axial piston rod, a torque transducer is provided on the torque transmitting shaft, and a force transferring plate is fixedly connected onto the upper shear box. The force transferring plate is able to transmit a counter force for exerting a torque. Radial and circumferential seepage tests can be achieved by providing a seepage structure. The ring shear and seepage-coupled test system comprises a servo pump and the ring shear and seepage-coupled apparatus as mentioned above.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A ring shear and seepage-coupled apparatus for rock and rock fracture under tension or compression stress, comprising a first frame, a second frame, a first bottom plate, a second bottom plate, an axial piston rod, a torque transferring shaft, an axial force transducer, a torque transducer, an upper shear box, a lower shear box and a seepage structure,
wherein the first frame is in fixed connection with the first bottom plate, the second frame is in fixed connection with the second bottom plate, the first frame is positioned between the first bottom plate and the second bottom plate, and the second frame is positioned at a side of the second bottom plate, with the side away from the first bottom plate; the upper shear box and the lower shear box are positioned in the second frame, a specimen is fixedly arranged between the upper shear box and the lower shear box, and the upper shear box, the lower shear box and the specimen are positioned on a same axis;
the torque transducer is provided on the torque transferring shaft; the torque transferring shaft has one end fixedly connected onto the first bottom plate, and the other end penetrating through the second bottom plate and fixedly connected with the lower shear box, so as to transmit a torque to the specimen; the axial force transducer is provided on the axial piston rod, and the axial piston rod is in fixed connection with the upper shear box, for applying an axial load on the specimen; and
the seepage structure comprises a circumferential seepage structure and a radial seepage structure, wherein the circumferential seepage structure is configured for performing a circumferential seepage test, and the radial seepage structure is configured for performing a radial seepage test.

2. The ring shear and seepage-coupled apparatus for rock and rock fracture under tension or compression stress according to claim 1 , wherein jacks are provided within the first frame, and the jacks are in fixed connection with two sides of the first frame for exerting a torque on the torque transferring shaft.

3. The ring shear and seepage-coupled apparatus for rock and rock fracture under tension or compression stress according to claim 2 , wherein a force transferring plate is provided within the second frame, the force transferring plate is in fixed connection with the upper shear box, two ends of the force transferring plate are respectively in connection with the second frame, and slidable along inner walls of the second frame, and the force transferring plate is configured to transmit a counter force for applying a torque, so as to maintain the upper shear box stable.

4. The ring shear and seepage-coupled apparatus for rock and rock fracture under tension or compression stress according to claim 3 , wherein linear guideways are provided on inner side walls of the second frame, each linear guideway is provided thereon with a sliding block slidable relative to the linear guideway, and the force transferring plate is in fixed connection with the sliding blocks and slidable along the linear guideways.

5. The ring shear and seepage-coupled apparatus for rock and rock fracture under tension or compression stress according to claim 4 , wherein each jack and the torque transducer are mounted in parallel with each other, and the jack and the torque transducer are both perpendicular to a side wall of the first frame; and the linear guideway is parallel with a side wall of the second frame, and the linear guideway and the second bottom plate are perpendicular to each other.

6. The ring shear and seepage-coupled apparatus for rock and rock fracture under tension or compression stress according to claim 3 , wherein upper and lower surfaces of the first bottom plate, the second bottom plate, the upper shear box, the lower shear box and the force transferring plate, and two end faces of the axial piston rod and two end faces of the torque transferring shaft are parallel with each other.

7. The ring shear and seepage-coupled apparatus for rock and rock fracture under tension or compression stress according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of support rods are provided within the first frame, and two ends of each support rod are fixed at two sides of the first frame for stabilizing the ring shear and seepage-coupled apparatus for rock and rock fracture under tension or compression stress.

8. The ring shear and seepage-coupled apparatus for rock and rock fracture under tension or compression stress according to claim 1 , wherein the radial seepage structure comprises a sealing sleeve, a first water inlet channel, a first gas exhaust channel, a second water inlet channel and a second gas exhaust channel; and the sealing sleeve is in fixed connection with the upper shear box and the lower shear box respectively, and sealing rings are provided between the sealing sleeve and the upper shear box and between the sealing sleeve and the lower shear box, respectively; and
the first water inlet channel is provided at the lower shear box, the first gas exhaust channel is provided at the upper shear box, and the first water inlet channel and the first gas exhaust channel are in communication with each other through a hollow portion of the specimen, forming an internal seepage channel; and the second water inlet channel is provided at the lower shear box and positioned at an outside of the specimen, the second gas exhaust channel is provided at the upper shear box and positioned at the outside of the specimen, and the second water inlet channel and the second gas exhaust channel are in communication with each other, forming an external seepage channel.

9. The ring shear and seepage-coupled apparatus for rock and rock fracture under tension or compression stress according to claim 1 , wherein the circumferential seepage structure comprises a sealing sleeve, a third water inlet channel and a third water drainage channel; the sealing sleeve is in fixed connection with the upper shear box and the lower shear box respectively, and sealing rings are provided between the sealing sleeve and the upper shear box and between the sealing sleeve and the lower shear box respectively; and
the third water inlet channel is provided at the lower shear box, the third water drainage channel is provided at the upper shear box, and the specimen is provided with a flow channel enabling the third water inlet channel in communication with the third water drainage channel, forming a circumferential seepage channel.

10. A ring shear and seepage-coupled test system for rock and rock fracture under tension or compression stress, comprising a servo pump, a hydraulic cylinder and the ring shear and seepage-coupled apparatus for rock and rock fracture under tension or compression stress according to claim 1 , with the axial piston rod being provided within the hydraulic cylinder, and the servo pump being in connection with the hydraulic cylinder for controlling movement of the axial piston rod.

11. The ring shear and seepage-coupled test system for rock and rock fracture under tension or compression stress according to claim 10 , wherein jacks are provided within the first frame, and the jacks are in fixed connection with two sides of the first frame for exerting a torque on the torque transferring shaft.

12. The ring shear and seepage-coupled test system for rock and rock fracture under tension or compression stress according to claim 11 , wherein a force transferring plate is provided within the second frame, the force transferring plate is in fixed connection with the upper shear box, two ends of the force transferring plate are respectively in connection with the second frame, and slidable along

Assignees

• Inst Rock & Soil Mech Cas

Inventors

• Zhou Hui
• Jiang Yue
• Lu Jingjing
• Zhang Chuanqing
• Hu Dawei
• Gao Yang
• Yang Fanjie
• Zhu Yong

Classifications

• G01N3/10 Primary

  generated by pneumatic or hydraulic pressure (G01N3/18 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01N2203/0025

  Shearing · CPC title

• G01N15/082

  Investigating permeability by forcing a fluid through a sample · CPC title

• G01N2203/0017

  Tensile · CPC title

• G01N3/24 Primary

  by applying steady shearing forces (G01N3/26, G01N3/28 take precedence) · CPC title