Centrifugal testing device and method for simulating ground subsidence induced by buried pipeline leakage and infiltration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11940366-B1
Application number	US-202318388535-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Nov 10, 2023
Priority date	Jun 14, 2022
Publication date	Mar 26, 2024
Grant date	Mar 26, 2024

Abstract

A centrifugal testing device for simulating ground subsidence induced by buried pipeline leakage and infiltration includes a model box provided with a transparent observation window at a front side, a chamber partitioning plate, a damaged pipeline model, permeable plates, and a water-soil separation device. A front part of the model box is divided into a test soil chamber for filling model soil and seepage chambers located at two sides of the test soil chamber. A rear part of the model box is divided into a soil filtration chamber and water circulation supply chambers located at two sides of the soil filtration chamber. The damaged pipeline model includes a front end provided with an electric push rod for controlling a crack of the damaged pipeline model to be opened and closed and a rear end provided with a ball valve device and connected to a water pump.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A centrifugal testing device for simulating ground subsidence induced by buried pipeline leakage and infiltration, comprising a model box, a damaged pipeline model, a servo control system, and a monitoring and sensing system, wherein the model box is internally divided into a front part and a rear part by a chamber partitioning plate; and the chamber partitioning plate is provided with a mounting hole for fixing the damaged pipeline model;
the front part of the model box is provided with a test soil chamber and seepage chambers located at two sides of the test soil chamber; a front end of the damaged pipeline model in the test soil chamber is provided with a crack having an adjustable size; the rear part of the model box is provided with a soil filtration chamber and water circulation supply chambers located at two sides of the soil filtration chamber; a rear end of the damaged pipeline model in the soil filtration chamber is provided with a water inlet and outlet control device; a water-soil separation device is provided below the water inlet and outlet control device; and the chamber partitioning plate is provided with a water level limiting hole for communicating the seepage chamber with the water circulation supply chamber;
the servo control system is configured to resize the crack of the damaged pipeline model and control water levels inside and outside the damaged pipeline model; and the monitoring and sensing system is configured to measure a soil pressure, a water pressure and a soil surface displacement of the test soil chamber and a strain of the water-soil separation device in the soil filtration chamber in real time;
the damaged pipeline model comprises a pipeline body, a front end cover, a rear end cover, and an electric push rod assembly; wherein the pipeline body is fixed into the mounting hole of the chamber partitioning plate through a flange plate; the front end cover and the rear end cover are configured to seal front and rear ends of the pipeline body, respectively; the crack is located at a position of the pipeline body adjacent to the front end cover; the electric push rod assembly is provided at an inner side of the front end cover; and a rubber plug at an end of an electric push rod is configured to resize the crack; and
the soil filtration chamber is separated from the water circulation supply chambers at the two sides of the soil filtration chamber by a pair of baffles; a bottom part of the baffle is provided with a hole for communicating the soil filtration chamber with the water circulation supply chamber; and the water-soil separation device is fixed inside the soil filtration chamber by the baffles and located below the damaged pipeline model.

2. The centrifugal testing device for simulating ground subsidence induced by buried pipeline leakage and infiltration according to claim 1 , wherein the water inlet and outlet control device is provided with a ball valve device; and the ball valve device is provided on the rear end cover to switch the damaged pipeline model between water inlet and outlet conditions.

3. The centrifugal testing device for simulating ground subsidence induced by buried pipeline leakage and infiltration according to claim 1 , wherein the water-soil separation device is a single-layer or multi-layer filter plate.

4. The centrifugal testing device for simulating ground subsidence induced by buried pipeline leakage and infiltration according to claim 1 , wherein a submersible pump is provided in the water circulation supply chamber; and the submersible pump is connected to the water inlet and outlet control device of the damaged pipeline model and the seepage chamber through a controllable water outlet pipe.

5. The centrifugal testing device for simulating ground subsidence induced by buried pipeline leakage and infiltration according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring and sensing system comprises a strain monitoring assembly, pore pressure sensors, soil pressure sensors, a laser displacement sensing device, and a high-speed camera assembly; and
the pore pressure sensors and the soil pressure sensors are arranged in a line array in different layers in soil inside the test soil chamber; the laser displacement sensing device is provided in a line array above the test soil chamber to measure a soil surface displacement inside the test soil chamber; the strain monitoring assembly is provided on the water-soil separation device to measure the strain of the water-soil separation device; and the high-speed camera assembly is provided at an observation window at a front plate of the model box.

6. The centrifugal testing device for simulating ground subsidence induced by buried pipeline leakage and infiltration according to claim 1 , wherein the servo control system comprises a servo controller and a plurality of servo actuators; and each of the servo actuators is configured to adjust a circulating water volume and a flow direction of the water circulation supply chambers, switch the water inlet and outlet control device between water inlet and outlet functions, and resize the crack of the damaged pipeline model.

7. A testing method of the centrifugal testing device for simulating ground subsidence induced by buried pipeline leakage and infiltration according to claim 1 , comprising:
preparation stage: filling model soil in the test soil chamber of the centrifugal model testing device, and injecting circulating water into the water circulation supply chambers; and
simulation test stage: alternately performing infiltration of water into the damaged pipeline model and leakage of water from the damaged pipeline model:
simulating the infiltration of water into the damaged pipeline model: switching the water inlet and outlet control device of the damaged pipeline model to a water outlet condition, and controlling the water circulation supply chambers to supply water to the seepage chambers; stably controlling a water level outside the damaged pipeline model by adjusting a height of the water level limiting hole of the chamber partitioning plate; allowing the water in the seepage chambers to seep into the soil in the test soil chamber; allowing a water-soil mixture to flow into the damaged pipeline model from the crack at the front end of the damaged pipeline model and to leave from the rear end of the damaged pipeline model; allowing water filtered by the water-soil separation device in the soil filtration chamber to enter the water circulation supply chambers, thereby achieving water circulation; monitoring, in the simulation process, the soil pressure, the water pressure and the soil surface displacement of the test soil chamber and the strain of the water-soil separation device in the soil filtration chamber in real time, and obtaining a real-time loss of soil particles based on the strain; and
simulating the leakage of water from the damaged pipeline model: switching the water inlet and outlet control device of the damaged pipeline model to a water inlet condition, and controlling the water circulation supply chambers to supply water to the damaged pipeline model; allowing the water in the damaged pipeline model to flow into the soil in the test soil chamber from the crack at the front end and to seep into the seepage chambers at the two sides of the test soil chamber; stably controlling the water level outside the damaged pipeline model by adjusting the height of the water level limiting hole of the chamber partitioning plate; allowing, when the water level outside the damaged pipeline model reaches the height of the water level limiting hole, the water in the seepage chambers to flow back into the water circulation supply chambers, thereby achieving water circulation; and monitoring, in the simulation process, the soil pressure, th

Assignees

• Univ Zhejiang

Inventors

• Tang Yao
• Yang Qingguo
• Huang Bo
• Chen Yunmin

Classifications

• G01N15/0806 Primary

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

• G01N3/12

  Pressure testing · CPC title

• G01N33/246 Primary

  for water content · CPC title

• G01N2203/0075

  Strain-stress relations or elastic constants · CPC title

• G01M3/182 Primary

  for tubes · CPC title