Supergravity simulation system for In-situ stress field and seepage field of deep earth engineering

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11385159-B2
Application number	US-202117544966-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2021
Priority date	Jun 27, 2019
Publication date	Jul 12, 2022
Grant date	Jul 12, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a supergravity simulation system for in-situ stress field and seepage field for deep earth engineering, comprising: a triaxial pressure chamber for placing a model and providing in-situ axial pressure, confining pressure and seepage field of deep earth structure; a simulation control device for providing pressure liquid and pore water to the triaxial pressure chamber to generate the aforementioned axial pressure, confining pressure and seepage field, and controlling the values of the axial pressure, confining pressure and seepage field; a signal acquisition device for monitoring the deformation and seepage process of the model during the test. The invention improves the similarity, reliability, and accuracy of the simulation test, and it can output pressure with an accuracy of 1% or constitute the pore water pressure difference with an accuracy of 1% to the triaxial pressure chamber through the command of the control unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A supergravity simulation system for in-situ stress field and seepage field of deep earth engineering, comprising:
a triaxial pressure chamber, configured to receive a model and provide an in-situ axial pressure and a confining pressure of a deep earth structure and the seepage field in which the deep earth structure is located;
a simulation control device, configured for providing a pressure liquid and a pore water to the triaxial pressure chamber to generate the axial pressure, confining pressure and seepage field, and controlling values of the axial pressure, confining pressure and seepage field; the simulation control device comprises a main control unit, a pressure seepage control unit, a data feedback unit and a source sink unit;
a signal acquisition device, configured to monitor a deformation and a seepage process of the model during simulation test;
the triaxial pressure chamber and the simulation control device are placed on a supergravity centrifuge, and a centrifugal acceleration generated by the supergravity centrifuge is n times of gravity acceleration g (n is an integer greater than 1) to make the model in a supergravity state for generating a geostatic stress with gradient, and make the confining pressure liquid is in the state of supergravity for generating a confining pressure with gradient.

2. The supergravity simulation system for in-situ stress field and seepage field of deep earth engineering according to claim 1 , wherein the triaxial pressure chamber comprises four channels, including an axial pressure channel, a confining pressure channel, a pore water inlet channel and a pore water outlet channel.

3. The supergravity simulation system for in-situ stress field and seepage field of deep earth engineering according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure seepage control unit comprises four units, including an axial pressure control unit, a confining pressure control unit, a pore water inlet control unit and a pore water outlet control unit; the axial pressure control unit, the confining pressure control unit, the pore water inlet control unit and the pore water outlet control unit allows the axial pressure, confining pressure and seepage field of the model to be controlled independently.

4. The supergravity simulation system for in-situ stress field and seepage field of deep earth engineering according to claim 3 , wherein the axial pressure control unit is connected with the axial pressure channel to control the axial pressure in the triaxial pressure chamber;
the confining pressure control unit is connected with the confining pressure channel to control the confining pressure in the triaxial pressure chamber;
the pore water inlet control unit is connected with the pore water inlet channel, and the pore water outlet control unit is connected with the pore water outlet channel, both of which constitute a pressure difference of pore water at the inlet and outlet, which is used to control the seepage field in the triaxial pressure chamber.

5. The supergravity simulation system for in-situ stress field and seepage field of deep earth engineering according to claim 1 , wherein the data feedback unit is configured to collect the axial pressure, confining pressure and pore water flow output from the pressure seepage control unit to the triaxial pressure chamber in the simulation process, and transmit the collected data to the main control unit.

6. The supergravity simulation system for in-situ stress field and seepage field of deep earth engineering according to claim 1 , wherein
the source sink unit is used for providing pressure liquid and/or pore water to the pressure seepage control unit.

7. The supergravity simulation system for in-situ stress field and seepage field of deep earth engineering according to claim 6 , wherein
the pressure seepage control unit comprises a pressure seepage controller and a pressure seepage regulator; the pressure seepage regulator is configured to monitor a flow of the liquid and output the flow to the main control unit after receiving the pressure liquid or pore water output from the source sink unit; and the pressure seepage regulator is further configured to dynamically adjust an output liquid flow of the pressure seepage controller according to the feedback of the main control unit.

8. The supergravity simulation system for in-situ stress field and seepage field of deep earth engineering according to claim 7 , wherein the pressure seepage controller comprises a driving component, a liquid storage component, a control component and an output component; wherein the driving component is configured to convert a first thrust of the pressure liquid output by the source sink unit on the driving component into a second thrust of the driving component on the liquid storage component; the liquid storage component is a container for storing pressure liquid or pore water, the liquid in the container not being in communication with the liquid output from the source sink unit; the liquid storage component is configured to transmit the liquid therein to the output component through a pipeline after receiving the second thrust from the driving component; the control component is connected with the pressure seepage regulator to control the flow of the liquid input to the driving component; and the output component is connected with the liquid storage component to output the pressure liquid or pore water in the liquid storage component to the triaxial pressure chamber.

9. The supergravity simulation system for in-situ stress field and seepage field of deep earth engineering according to claim 1 , wherein the signal acquisition device comprises displacement sensors, deformation sensors, humidity sensors for monitoring the deformation and seepage process of the sample during the test.

10. The supergravity simulation system for in-situ stress field and seepage field of deep earth engineering according to claim 2 , wherein the triaxial pressure chamber further comprises an axial pressure simulation component, a confining pressure simulation component and a seepage simulation component.

11. The supergravity simulation system for in-situ stress field and seepage field of deep earth engineering according to claim 10 , wherein the axial pressure simulation component is connected with the axial pressure channel, and the axial pressure simulation component comprises a pair of axial pressure indenters located at the top and bottom of the model in the triaxial pressure chamber, where one of the indenters is fixed, and the other indenter is movable in up and down directions to exert an axial pressure on the model driven by the pressure liquid.

12. The supergravity simulation system for in-situ stress field and seepage field of deep earth engineering according to claim 10 , wherein the confining pressure simulation component is connected with the confining pressure channel to guide the pressure liquid output from the confining pressure channel into the triaxial pressure chamber, and generate the surrounding pressure through the liquid surrounding the model.

13. The supergravity simulation system for in-situ stress field and seepage field of deep earth engineering according to claim 10 , wherein the seepage simulation component is connected with the pore water inlet channel and the pore water outlet channel to guide the pore water output from the pore water inlet channel to flow through a perforated plate contacted at one end of the model and then into the model, and then flow out from the perforated plate contacted by the other end of the model and then flows into the pore water outlet channel, resulting in the in-situ pore water

Assignees

• Univ Zhejiang

Inventors

• Xu Wenjie
• Zhan Liangtong
• Chen Yunmin
• Li Ke
• Li Jinlong

Classifications

• E02D1/027

  by investigating properties relating to fluids in the soil, e.g. pore-water pressure, permeability (sampling of groundwater E02D1/06) · CPC title

• G01N15/0806 Primary

  Details, e.g. sample holders, mounting samples for testing · CPC title

• E02D1/025 Primary

  combined with sampling · CPC title

• E02D1/022

  by investigating mechanical properties of the soil (E02D1/027 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01N15/082

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