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Numerical Analysis of Grout Flow and Injection Pressure Affected by Joint Roughness and Aperture  

Jeon, Ki-Hwan (서울대학교 에너지시스템공학부)
Ryu, Dong-Woo (한국지질자원연구원 지구환경연구본부)
Kim, Hyung-Mok (한국지질자원연구원 지구환경연구본부)
Park, Eui-Seob (한국지질자원연구원 지구환경연구본부)
Song, Jae-Jun (서울대학교 에너지시스템공학부)
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Tunnel and Underground Space / v.20, no.2, 2010 , pp. 82-91 More about this Journal
Abstract
Grouting technology is one of the ground improvement methods used in water controlling and reinforcement of rock mass in underground structure construction. It is necessarily required to find out the characteristics of grout flow through discontinuities in a rock mass for an adequate grout design and performance assessment. Laminar flow is not always applicable in simulating a grout flow in a rock mass, since the rock joints usually have apertures at a micro-scale and the flow through these joints is affected by the joint roughness and the velocity profile of the flow changes partially near the roughness. Thus, the influence of joint roughness and aperture on the grout flow in rough rock joint was numerically investigated in this study. The commercial computational fluid dynamics code, FLUENT, was applied for this purpose. The computed results by embedded Herschel-Bulkley model and VOF (volume of fluid) model, which are applicable to simulate grout flow in a narrow rock joint that is filled with air and water, were well compared with that of analytical results and previously published laboratory test for the verification. The injection pressure required to keep constant injection rate of grout was calculated in a variety of Joint Roughness Coefficient (JRC) and aperture conditions, and the effect of joint roughness and aperture on grout flow were quantified.
Keywords
Grout injection pressure; Micro channel; Herschel-Bulkley model; VOF; Aperture; Joint roughness;
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