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Zhe Chen1,2, Yue-Jin Zhou1,2, Lei-Ming Zhang1,2
1State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Construction and Healthy Operation and Maintenance of Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
Abstract:
Based on the computed tomography scanning, which abbreviation is CT scanning, and fractal theory, geometric parameters of mudstone fissures are obtained. The physical model of a single fissured channel is obtained in combination with Barton standard curves and 3D printing technology, and similar materials of mudstone are developed based on the water absorption of natural mudstone to prepare single fissured water-absorbing grouting test blocks with different roughness levels for the grouting simulation testing. By analyzing the viscosity change characteristics of grouting slurry before and after grouting, the seepage characteristics of the grouting slurry in the rough fissures of the water-absorbing mudstone are revealed. The results show that when the roughness is small, the grouting slurry will have an obvious water loss effect after passing through mudstone fissures. However, with the flow of the slurry, the water loss effect of the subsequent grouting slurry will be weakened. For fissures with high roughness, the water absorption properties of the rough surfaces and the walls of the mudstone fissures work together, leading to the sedimentation and blockage of the fissure channels, thereby hindering the flow of slurry.
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