Double-spiral-tube structure, grouting and pile forming device and construction method for strengthening soft soil

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11525231-B2
Application number	US-202217728998-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2022
Priority date	Nov 9, 2020
Publication date	Dec 13, 2022
Grant date	Dec 13, 2022

Abstract

A grouting and pile forming device includes a compartment box and a double-spiral-tube structure. The double-spiral-tube structure includes an outer spiral tube and an inner spiral tube, which are nested and fixed together. A top part of the outer spiral tube and a top part of the inner spiral tube are hermetically connected. An inner space of the inner spiral tube forms a grouting cavity. A space between the outer spiral tube and the inner spiral tube forms a drainage and delivery cavity. A plurality of drainage and delivery holes are provided in a tube body of the outer spiral tube. A construction method for strengthening soft soil through the grouting and pile forming device includes the following steps: 1) operation preparation; 2) downward spiral penetration; 3) drainage consolidation; 4) chemical consolidation; 5) upward spiral lifting; and 6) repeated operation until all soil to be strengthened is treated.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A grouting and pile forming device for strengthening soft soil, comprising a compartment box and a double-spiral-tube structure, wherein the double-spiral-tube structure comprises an outer spiral tube and an inner spiral tube, wherein
the outer spiral tube and the inner spiral tube are nested and fixed together;
a top part of the outer spiral tube and a top part of the inner spiral tube are hermetically connected;
an inner space of the inner spiral tube forms a grouting cavity;
a space between the outer spiral tube and the inner spiral tube forms a drainage and delivery cavity;
a plurality of drainage and delivery holes are provided in a tube body of the outer spiral tube;
the compartment box is fixedly connected to a tail part of the double-spiral-tube structure;
the compartment box comprises a storage compartment and a water pump compartment;
the storage compartment is configured to store a soft soil consolidation agent;
a water pump is provided inside the water pump compartment;
the storage compartment and the water pump compartment are in communication with the drainage and delivery cavity;
a storage compartment valve is provided between the storage compartment and the drainage and delivery cavity; and
a pumping valve is provided between the water pump compartment and the drainage and delivery cavity.

2. The grouting and pile forming device according to claim 1 , wherein
the inner spiral tube and the outer spiral tube are thin-walled round tubes; and
an inner diameter of the outer spiral tube is greater than an inner diameter of the inner spiral tube, and a ratio of the inner diameter of the inner spiral tube to the inner diameter of the outer spiral tube is 1:(1.2-1.8).

3. The grouting and pile forming device according to claim 2 , wherein
each of the plurality of drainage and delivery holes is provided with a filter screen.

4. The grouting and pile forming device according to claim 2 , wherein
the top part of the inner spiral tube and the top part of the outer spiral tube are hermetically connected by a tapered round tube through welding.

5. The grouting and pile forming device according to claim 2 , wherein
the top part of the inner spiral tube is provided with a grouting nozzle, and a tail part of the inner spiral tube is provided with a grouting valve.

6. The grouting and pile forming device according to claim 2 , wherein
a supporting structure is provided between the inner spiral tube and the outer spiral tube; and
the supporting structure is a supporting rod, wherein a first end of the supporting rod is welded to an outer wall of the inner spiral tube, and a second end of the supporting rod is welded to an inner wall of the outer spiral tube.

7. The grouting and pile forming device according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the plurality of drainage and delivery holes is provided with a filter screen.

8. The grouting and pile forming device according to claim 1 , wherein
the top part of the inner spiral tube and the top part of the outer spiral tube are hermetically connected by a tapered round tube through welding.

9. The grouting and pile forming device according to claim 1 , wherein
the top part of the inner spiral tube is provided with a grouting nozzle, and a tail part of the inner spiral tube is provided with a grouting valve.

10. The grouting and pile forming device according to claim 1 , wherein
a supporting structure is provided between the inner spiral tube and the outer spiral tube; and
the supporting structure is a supporting rod, wherein a first end of the supporting rod is welded to an outer wall of the inner spiral tube, and a second end of the supporting rod is welded to an inner wall of the outer spiral tube.

11. The grouting and pile forming device according to claim 1 , wherein
the double-spiral-tube structure is integrally or separately connected to the compartment box at the tail part.

12. A construction method for strengthening the soft soil through the grouting and pile forming device according to claim 1 , comprising the following steps:
1) performing operation preparation, wherein according to an actual situation of a project, the grouting and pile forming device with the double-spiral-tube structure of a certain length is selected, and the grouting and pile forming device is connected to an external driving device and then placed vertically at a suitable position above a soft soil layer to be strengthened, wherein a top part of the double-spiral-tube structure is adjacent to the soft soil;
2) performing downward spiral penetration, wherein the external driving device is started, and the grouting and pile forming device entirely and spirally penetrates the soft soil layer in a vertical direction to a design depth;
3) performing drainage consolidation, wherein the pumping valve is switched on, the grouting valve is switched off, and the water pump is started; the water pump operates to reduce a pressure in the drainage and delivery cavity; pore water in the soft soil layer passes through the filter screen under an action of a seepage force, enters the drainage and delivery cavity from the plurality of drainage and delivery holes, spirally flows upward along the drainage and delivery cavity, and is finally discharged from a top opening of the compartment box; and the drainage consolidation is maintained for a period of time until a drainage consolidation requirement is met;
4) performing chemical consolidation, wherein after the drainage consolidation is completed, the storage compartment valve is switched on, and blades of the water pump are controlled to run reversely; the soft soil consolidation agent enters the drainage and delivery cavity through the storage compartment valve, and spirally flows downward along the drainage and delivery cavity; when the soft soil consolidation agent flows through the plurality of drainage and delivery holes, the soft soil consolidation agent enters the soft soil layer through the filter screen, and reacts with the soft soil to chemically consolidate the soft soil, wherein the soft soil layer is strengthened; and when the chemical consolidation is completed, the water pump, the pumping valve and the storage compartment valve are switched off;
5) performing upward spiral lifting, wherein a grouting pump is connected to a tail part of the grouting cavity through a hose; the grouting valve is switched on to open the grouting nozzle, and the grouting pump is started; the grouting and pile forming device is entirely driven by the external driving device to be lifted spirally upward; in the upward spiral lifting, cement slurry is driven by the grouting pump to be injected into voids of the soil from the grouting cavity through the grouting nozzle to fill a soil space formed in the downward spiral penetration of the grouting and pile forming device; and an upward spiral lifting speed of the grouting and pile forming device is adapted to a jet grouting speed, wherein the cement slurry fully fills the soil space; and
6) performing repeated operation, wherein after a grouting process of the upward spiral lifting is finished, the grouting pump and the grouting nozzle are switched off; and the grouting and pile forming device is entirely moved to a next position, and the above steps are repeated until all the soil to be strengthened is treated.

13. The construction method according to claim 12 , wherein
in step 3), when the filter screen is blocked by sand during the drainage consolidation and the grouting and pile forming device fails to normally discharge the pore water in the soft soil layer, the water pump is controlled to be reversed;

Assignees

• Ocean Univ China

Inventors

• Chen Xuguang
• Lu Guangkun
• Zhang Ning
• Wan Yong

Classifications

• E02D5/34

  Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position {; Apparatus for making same (E02D5/50 takes precedence; moulds E02D5/665; placing, removing moulds E02D7/00 - E02D11/00; placing the concrete E02D15/04)} · CPC title

• E02D15/04

  Placing concrete in mould-pipes, pile tubes, bore-holes or narrow shafts · CPC title

• E02D3/12

  Consolidating by placing solidifying or pore-filling substances in the soil (making piles E02D5/46; soil-conditioning or soil-stabilising materials C09K17/00; consolidation of ground around boreholes or wells E21B43/025) · CPC title

• E02D5/46 Primary

  making in situ by forcing bonding agents into gravel fillings or the soil (consolidating soil in general E02D3/12) · CPC title