WANG Peng-fei, TAN Wen-hui, MA Xue-wen, et al. Experimental study of seepage characteristics of consecutive
and filling fracture with different roughness levels and gap-widths[J]. 2019, 40(8): 3062-3070.
DOI:
WANG Peng-fei, TAN Wen-hui, MA Xue-wen, et al. Experimental study of seepage characteristics of consecutive
and filling fracture with different roughness levels and gap-widths[J]. 2019, 40(8): 3062-3070.DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2018.2086.
Experimental study of seepage characteristics of consecutive
and filling fracture with different roughness levels and gap-widths
30 joint-slices with 10 grades of roughness(JRC=1~20)and 3 kinds of thickness (1.5
3.0
5.0 mm) are produced by using 3D printing technology
and then poured into rock-like specimens containing consecutive and filling fracture by moulds. Then the seepage tests are carried out on these specimens with different roughness levels and gap-widths under different confining pressures. The test results show that the permeability of consecutive and filling fracture with different roughness levels and gap-widths decreases with the increase of confining pressure. Moreover
the decrease rate of permeability in the initial stage of confining pressure loading is obviously higher than that in the middle and late periods
and the maximum permeability drop is 78%. In the initial stage of confining pressure loading
when the gap-width is small
the roughness has a great influence on the seepage characteristic of consecutive and filling fracture. While
as the gap-width and confining pressure increase
the effect of the roughness on the fracture permeability rapidly decreases. For all consecutive and filling fracture with 10 grades of roughness
the permeability increases with the increase of the gap-width in the initial and late stages of confining pressure loading. When the confining pressure is small
the larger the roughness is
the greater difference the permeability of consecutive and filling fracture at different gap-widths has. However
with the increase of confining pressure
the difference is gradually reduced. The confining pressure have a dominant influence on the permeability of consecutive and filling fracture
and their relationship can be described by a power function.