Development of dynamic grouting under laboratory and field conditions
2022 (English)In: Geomechanics and Tunneling, ISSN 1865-7362, E-ISSN 1865-7389, Vol. 15, no 5, p. 535-539Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
When it comes to underground structures, water ingress from the surrounding formations leads to several environmental, economic and sustainability issues. To obtain the sealing, the grouting of rock fractures is done. Today, in the grouting operations, which are commonly conducted in almost all the tunnel and subsurface infrastructure projects, the pressure applied is static. This type of applied pressure might be suitable for the large fracture apertures > 100 μm, but it has been acknowledged that it is difficult to obtain sufficient penetration through smaller apertures, where filtration of cement particles starts to occur. Research is already done to overcome this issue by applying dynamic grouting pressure instead of static. It was proved that this approach erodes the formed filter cakes and improves grout penetrability in fractures below 100 μm. This research focuses on low-frequency rectangular pressure impulse as an alternative to other methods. The goal is to improve grout spread in micro-fractures (especially in apertures < 70 μm). During the investigation, a prototype dynamic injection equipment was built and tested under laboratory conditions. The 4 m variable aperture long slot (VALS) was used in the experiments to simulate rock fractures. The test showed better grout penetrability using dynamic pressure approach. At the current time of writing this article, preparation works are done for field test of prototype equipment at SKB Hard Rock Laboratory (HRL) at Äspö, Sweden.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Ernst und Sohn , 2022. Vol. 15, no 5, p. 535-539
Keywords [en]
Conventional tunneling, dynamic grouting, filtration erosion, grout penetrability, Grouting, Innovative procedures/test techniques, rock fractures, Concrete construction, Fracture, Mortar, Rocks, Sustainable development, Underground structures, Field conditions, Filtration erosions, Innovative procedure/test technique, Laboratory conditions, Test techniques, Water ingress
National Category
Geotechnical Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-61211DOI: 10.1002/geot.202200023Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85139241886OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-61211DiVA, id: diva2:1716230
2022-12-052022-12-052023-10-09Bibliographically approved