Two-dimensional images of the granular ore media with different grain sizes were obtained from the X-ray computed tomography.Combined with the digital image processing and finite element techniques,the original graysc...Two-dimensional images of the granular ore media with different grain sizes were obtained from the X-ray computed tomography.Combined with the digital image processing and finite element techniques,the original grayscale images were transformed into the finite element models directly.By using these models,the simulations of pore scale fluid flow among particles were conducted with the COMSOL Multiphysics,and the distribution characteristics of fluid flow velocity and pressure were analyzed.The simulation results show that there exist obvious preferential flow and leaching blind zone in each granular medium.The flow velocity at pore throat is larger than that of pore body and the largest velocity reaches 0.22 m/s.The velocity decreases gradually from the center of pore throat and body to the surface of particles.The flow paths of granular media with larger grain size distribute equally,while the fluid flow velocities in most of areas of granular media with smaller grain size are lower,and some of them approach to zero,so the permeability is very low.There exist some pore clusters with different pressures,which is the basic reason for the uneven flow velocity distribution.展开更多
Rockfill materials have been widely used in the construction of rockfill dam,railway and highway subgrade due to its high filling density,good compaction performance,strong water permeability,small settlement deformat...Rockfill materials have been widely used in the construction of rockfill dam,railway and highway subgrade due to its high filling density,good compaction performance,strong water permeability,small settlement deformation and high bearing capacity.A reasonable constitutive model for rockfill materials is very important for engineering computation and analysis,and has a great development space.Based on the crushing stress and spatial mobilized plane(SMP),a state parameter that can comprehensively reflect the anisotropy and grain crushing is proposed.This state parameter is used to improve the MPZ model(a modifed ZienkiewiczⅢmodel),so that a generalized plastic model is constructed to describe the stress and deformation characteristics of rockfill materials in engineering.The validity of the developed model is verified by a series of conventional triaxial tests with different inclination angles of the compaction plane.The variation trend of the constructed anisotropy indexωcan reflect the non monotonic variation of the deformation and strength of rockfill with the direction angle of large principal stress,so the model can reflect the obvious difference caused by the initial anisotropy of rockfill on the mechanical properties.展开更多
基金Projects(50934002,51074013) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Two-dimensional images of the granular ore media with different grain sizes were obtained from the X-ray computed tomography.Combined with the digital image processing and finite element techniques,the original grayscale images were transformed into the finite element models directly.By using these models,the simulations of pore scale fluid flow among particles were conducted with the COMSOL Multiphysics,and the distribution characteristics of fluid flow velocity and pressure were analyzed.The simulation results show that there exist obvious preferential flow and leaching blind zone in each granular medium.The flow velocity at pore throat is larger than that of pore body and the largest velocity reaches 0.22 m/s.The velocity decreases gradually from the center of pore throat and body to the surface of particles.The flow paths of granular media with larger grain size distribute equally,while the fluid flow velocities in most of areas of granular media with smaller grain size are lower,and some of them approach to zero,so the permeability is very low.There exist some pore clusters with different pressures,which is the basic reason for the uneven flow velocity distribution.
基金Project(2017YFC0404802)supported by the National Key R&D Program of ChinaProjects(U1965206,51979143)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject([2018]5630)supported by the Talents of Guizhou Science and Technology Cooperation Platform,China。
文摘Rockfill materials have been widely used in the construction of rockfill dam,railway and highway subgrade due to its high filling density,good compaction performance,strong water permeability,small settlement deformation and high bearing capacity.A reasonable constitutive model for rockfill materials is very important for engineering computation and analysis,and has a great development space.Based on the crushing stress and spatial mobilized plane(SMP),a state parameter that can comprehensively reflect the anisotropy and grain crushing is proposed.This state parameter is used to improve the MPZ model(a modifed ZienkiewiczⅢmodel),so that a generalized plastic model is constructed to describe the stress and deformation characteristics of rockfill materials in engineering.The validity of the developed model is verified by a series of conventional triaxial tests with different inclination angles of the compaction plane.The variation trend of the constructed anisotropy indexωcan reflect the non monotonic variation of the deformation and strength of rockfill with the direction angle of large principal stress,so the model can reflect the obvious difference caused by the initial anisotropy of rockfill on the mechanical properties.
