Elastic wave and tensile damage testing system of rock coupled with seepage in deep earth complex environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12442741-B2
Application number	US-202318455735-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2023
Priority date	Aug 30, 2022
Publication date	Oct 14, 2025
Grant date	Oct 14, 2025

Abstract

A direct tensile and acoustic testing machine under rock seepage includes a sample and a support frame. A top of the support frame is fixed with a top plate, a bearing plate is provided above the top plate, the bearing plate is provided with a plurality of vertical force transferring rods, the force transferring rods vertically penetrate through the top plate and sliding fit with the top plate, lower ends of the force transferring rods are provided with a tensile base, a top of the tensile base is provided with a lower clamp holder, a bottom of the top plate is provided with an upper clamp holder, and a clamp center of the upper clamp holder overlaps with a clamp center of the lower clamp holder. An acoustic component and a seepage component are provided in the upper clamp holder and the lower clamp holder.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A direct tensile and acoustic testing machine under rock seepage, comprising a sample and a support frame,
wherein a top of the support frame is fixed with a top plate, a bearing plate is provided above the top plate, the bearing plate is provided with a plurality of vertical force transferring rods, the plurality of vertical force transferring rods vertically penetrate through the top plate and are in a sliding fit with the top plate and are affixed to a tensile base, a top of the tensile base is provided with a lower clamp holder, a bottom of the top plate is provided with an upper clamp holder, and a clamp center of the upper clamp holder overlaps with a clamp center of the lower clamp holder;
an upper channel is provided inside the upper clamp holder, one end of the upper channel is communicated with the outside, the other end is provided with an acoustic transmitting probe, and a transmitting direction of the acoustic transmitting probe is downward; and
a lower channel is provided inside the lower clamp holder, one end of the lower channel is communicated with the outside, the other end is provided with an acoustic receiving probe, and the acoustic receiving probe is configured to receive an acoustic wave from the acoustic transmitting probe;
an upper end of the sample is affixed to the upper clamp holder, an upper end face of the sample is provided with a seepage outflow hole, a seepage outflow channel is provided inside the upper clamp holder, one end of the seepage outflow channel is connected with the seepage outflow hole, and the other end is communicated with the outside;
a lower end of the sample is affixed to the lower clamp holder, a lower end face of the sample is provided with a seepage inflow hole, a seepage entry channel is provided inside the lower clamp holder, and one end of the seepage entry channel is connected with the seepage inflow hole, and the other end is communicated with the outside, and
wherein an upper horn-shaped sealing sleeve is provided between the acoustic transmitting probe and an inner wall of the upper channel, and a lower horn-shaped sealing sleeve is provided between the acoustic receiving probe and an inner wall of the lower channel.

2. The direct tensile and acoustic testing machine under rock seepage according to claim 1 , wherein a first probe spring is provided below the acoustic receiving probe, and a second probe spring is provided above the acoustic transmitting probe.

3. The direct tensile and acoustic testing machine under rock seepage according to claim 1 , wherein an outflow end packer is arranged inside the seepage outflow hole, and an outflow end packer sealing ring is provided between the outflow end packer and a side wall of the seepage outflow hole; and an inflow end packer is provided inside the seepage inflow hole, and an inflow end packer sealing ring is provided between the inflow end packer and a side wall of the seepage inflow hole.

4. The direct tensile and acoustic testing machine under rock seepage according to claim 1 , wherein the seepage outflow channel is communicated with the outside through a seepage outflow end joint; and the seepage entry channel is communicated with the outside through a seepage inflow end joint.

5. The direct tensile and acoustic testing machine under rock seepage according to claim 1 , wherein the support frame comprises a base and a plurality of columns, each column having a first end affixed to the base a second end affixed to the top plate by a first fixing nut.

6. The direct tensile and acoustic testing machine under rock seepage according to claim 1 , wherein the tensile base is provided with a lower ball head sliding fitted with the tensile base, and the lower clamp holder is affixed to the lower ball head; and the top plate is provided with an upper ball head sliding fitted with the top plate, and the upper clamp holder is affixed to the upper ball head.

7. The direct tensile and acoustic testing machine under rock seepage according to claim 6 , wherein the lower clamp holder is installed on the lower ball head through a lower latch, and the upper clamp holder is installed on the upper ball head through an upper latch.

8. The direct tensile and acoustic testing machine under rock seepage according to claim 1 , wherein a lower end of each force transferring rods is affixed to the tensile by a second fixing nut.

9. A test method of the direct tensile and acoustic testing machine under rock seepage according to claim 1 , comprising:
gluing a first end of the sample to the lower clamp holder and a second end of the sample to the upper clamp holder;
affixing an oil pressure protection heat shrink film on an outer wall of the lower clamp holder, the sample and the upper clamp holder;
placing the rock tensile testing device in a pressure chamber;
connecting the seepage outflow channel with a seepage outflow tube;
connecting the seepage entry channel with the seepage inflow tube;
passing a gas flow at an elevated pressure through the seepage inflow tube to produce seepage;
connecting the acoustic transmitting probe to an acoustic transmitting wire, and the acoustic receiving probe to an acoustic receiving wire,
wherein the acoustic transmitting wire and the acoustic receiving wire are connected to an acoustic control system; and
carrying out an acoustic detection on the sample;
wherein the pressure chamber is filled with oil to apply a triaxial lateral compression stress, a compression load is applied to the bearing plate through an indenter of the testing machine, the compression load is transmitted through the plurality of force transferring rods to the tensile base, and the tensile base forms a tensile load on the sample, wherein the tensile load is equal to a compression load applied by a material compression mechanics testing machine.

Assignees

• Univ Sichuan

Inventors

• Liu Jianfeng
• Xie Heping
• He Xin
• Wang Lu
• Ran Lina
• Wang Chunping
• Cai Yougang
• Shi Xiangchao
• Feng Gan
• Li Hua
• Lei Xiaozhang
• Deng Jianhui

Classifications

• G01N29/04

  Analysing solids (using acoustic emission techniques G01N29/14) · CPC title

• G01N3/04 Primary

  Chucks · CPC title

• G01N2203/0256

  Triaxial, i.e. the forces being applied along three normal axes of the specimen · CPC title

• G01N2203/0087

  Resistance to crushing · CPC title

• G01N2203/0075

  Strain-stress relations or elastic constants · CPC title