Accurate modelling of the potential failure modes in the rock mass is an essential task towards a robust design of roof support systems in coal mines.The use of generalised rock mass properties based on averaged prope...Accurate modelling of the potential failure modes in the rock mass is an essential task towards a robust design of roof support systems in coal mines.The use of generalised rock mass properties based on averaged properties(e.g.Hoek-Brown model) has been found to limit the capability to reproduce the actual rock mass behaviour which may include a wide range of interacting and complex failure mechanisms such as shear and tension fracturing of the intact rock and shear and separation of pre-existing discontinuities,including re-activation.Recent studies have also shown that traditional models,such as the Mohr-Coulomb,may not accurately describe the behaviour of the intact rock,particularly for stress induced failures where spalling and slabbing are observed.This is mainly due to the cohesion and friction components of the shear strength of the intact rock not being mobilised at the same rate with strain-softening of the former component playing an essential role in the post peak behaviour.In addition,coal measure rocks are often transversely isotropic,both by way of the preferred orientation of clay particles within the finer grained lithology and by bedding textures and bedding partings,and this is often ignored in computer simulations.A newly developed transversely isotropic brittle rock mass model is applied in the simulation of a hypothetical and simple roadway development.A Cohesion Weakening-Friction Strengthening(CWFS) approach is adopted to describe the intact rock where the mobilisation and strain-softening of the two shear strength components are linked to plastic deformation.The impacts of anisotropy and brittle rock on the development of the excavation disturbed zone or height of softening,as often referred to,are investigated and their implication in the roof support design discussed.展开更多
By making use of the direct integration method,an exact analysis of the general three-dimensional thermoelasticity problem is performed for the case of a transversely isotropic homogeneous half-space subject to local ...By making use of the direct integration method,an exact analysis of the general three-dimensional thermoelasticity problem is performed for the case of a transversely isotropic homogeneous half-space subject to local thermal and force loadings.The material plane of isotropy is assumed to be parallel to the limiting surface of the halfspace.By reducing the original thermoelasticity equations to the governing ones for individual stress-tensor components,the effect of material anisotropy in the stress field is analyzed with regard to the feasibility requirement,i.e.,the finiteness of the stress field at a distance from the disturbed area.As a result,the solution is constructed in the form of explicit analytical dependencies on the force and thermal loadings for various kinds of transversely isotropic materials and agrees with the basic principles of the continua mechanics.The solution can be efficiently used as a benchmark one for the direct computation of temperature and thermal stresses in transversely isotropic semi-infinite domains,as well as for the verification of solutions constructed by different means.展开更多
The finite element analysis(FEA) technology by hydraulic-mechanical-chemical-damage(HMCD) coupling is proposed in this paper for inclined wellbore stability analysis of water-sensitive and laminated rock, developed ba...The finite element analysis(FEA) technology by hydraulic-mechanical-chemical-damage(HMCD) coupling is proposed in this paper for inclined wellbore stability analysis of water-sensitive and laminated rock, developed basing on the recently established FEA technology for transversely isotropic rock with hydraulic-mechanical-damage(HMD) coupling. The chemical activity of the drilling fluid is considered as phenomenological hydration behavior, the moisture content and parameters of rock considering hydration could be determined with time. The finite element(FE) solutions of numerical wellbore model considering the chemical activity of drilling fluid, damage tensor calculation and weak plane strength criterion for transversely isotropic rock are developed for researching the wellbore failure characteristics and computing the time-dependent collapse and fracture pressure of laminated rock as shale reservoirs. A three-dimensional FE model and elastic solid deformation and seepage flow coupled equations are developed, and the damage tensor calculation technology for transversely isotropic rock are realized by introducing effect of the hydration and the stress state under the current load. The proposed method utilizing weak plane strength criterion fully reflects the strength parameters in rock matrix and weak plane. To the end, an effective and reliable numerically three-step FEA strategy is well established for wellbore stability analysis. Numerical examples are given to show that the proposed method can establish efficient and applicable FE model and be suitable for analyzing the timedependsolutions of pore pressure and stresses, and the evolution region considering the hydration surrounding wellbore,furthermore to compute the collapse cycling time and the safe mud weight for collapse and fracture pressure of transversely isotropic rock.展开更多
基金Project support from the Specialist Technical Apprentice Scheme from Coffey Geotechnics Ltd. Pty
文摘Accurate modelling of the potential failure modes in the rock mass is an essential task towards a robust design of roof support systems in coal mines.The use of generalised rock mass properties based on averaged properties(e.g.Hoek-Brown model) has been found to limit the capability to reproduce the actual rock mass behaviour which may include a wide range of interacting and complex failure mechanisms such as shear and tension fracturing of the intact rock and shear and separation of pre-existing discontinuities,including re-activation.Recent studies have also shown that traditional models,such as the Mohr-Coulomb,may not accurately describe the behaviour of the intact rock,particularly for stress induced failures where spalling and slabbing are observed.This is mainly due to the cohesion and friction components of the shear strength of the intact rock not being mobilised at the same rate with strain-softening of the former component playing an essential role in the post peak behaviour.In addition,coal measure rocks are often transversely isotropic,both by way of the preferred orientation of clay particles within the finer grained lithology and by bedding textures and bedding partings,and this is often ignored in computer simulations.A newly developed transversely isotropic brittle rock mass model is applied in the simulation of a hypothetical and simple roadway development.A Cohesion Weakening-Friction Strengthening(CWFS) approach is adopted to describe the intact rock where the mobilisation and strain-softening of the two shear strength components are linked to plastic deformation.The impacts of anisotropy and brittle rock on the development of the excavation disturbed zone or height of softening,as often referred to,are investigated and their implication in the roof support design discussed.
基金supported by Joint Fund of Advanced Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Research(No. U1937601)the partial financial support of this research by the budget program of Ukraine“Support for the Development of Priority Research Areas”(No.CPCEC 6451230)。
文摘By making use of the direct integration method,an exact analysis of the general three-dimensional thermoelasticity problem is performed for the case of a transversely isotropic homogeneous half-space subject to local thermal and force loadings.The material plane of isotropy is assumed to be parallel to the limiting surface of the halfspace.By reducing the original thermoelasticity equations to the governing ones for individual stress-tensor components,the effect of material anisotropy in the stress field is analyzed with regard to the feasibility requirement,i.e.,the finiteness of the stress field at a distance from the disturbed area.As a result,the solution is constructed in the form of explicit analytical dependencies on the force and thermal loadings for various kinds of transversely isotropic materials and agrees with the basic principles of the continua mechanics.The solution can be efficiently used as a benchmark one for the direct computation of temperature and thermal stresses in transversely isotropic semi-infinite domains,as well as for the verification of solutions constructed by different means.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11372157,11302115&51608301)the Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China(Grant No.20120002110075)+1 种基金the Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China(Grant No.201326)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2015M571030)
文摘The finite element analysis(FEA) technology by hydraulic-mechanical-chemical-damage(HMCD) coupling is proposed in this paper for inclined wellbore stability analysis of water-sensitive and laminated rock, developed basing on the recently established FEA technology for transversely isotropic rock with hydraulic-mechanical-damage(HMD) coupling. The chemical activity of the drilling fluid is considered as phenomenological hydration behavior, the moisture content and parameters of rock considering hydration could be determined with time. The finite element(FE) solutions of numerical wellbore model considering the chemical activity of drilling fluid, damage tensor calculation and weak plane strength criterion for transversely isotropic rock are developed for researching the wellbore failure characteristics and computing the time-dependent collapse and fracture pressure of laminated rock as shale reservoirs. A three-dimensional FE model and elastic solid deformation and seepage flow coupled equations are developed, and the damage tensor calculation technology for transversely isotropic rock are realized by introducing effect of the hydration and the stress state under the current load. The proposed method utilizing weak plane strength criterion fully reflects the strength parameters in rock matrix and weak plane. To the end, an effective and reliable numerically three-step FEA strategy is well established for wellbore stability analysis. Numerical examples are given to show that the proposed method can establish efficient and applicable FE model and be suitable for analyzing the timedependsolutions of pore pressure and stresses, and the evolution region considering the hydration surrounding wellbore,furthermore to compute the collapse cycling time and the safe mud weight for collapse and fracture pressure of transversely isotropic rock.
