scholarly journals Experimental Investigations on Charge Induction and Microseismic Characteristics of the Coal and Rock under Different Loading Rates

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Yuchun Liu ◽  
Ling Ding ◽  
Yangfeng Zhao ◽  
Yi Fan ◽  
Hongfei Li

The research on charge induction and microseismic characteristics of coal and rock under different loading rates is of great significance for rockburst prediction. In this study, the coal and sandstone samples from the No. 11 mine of Pingdingshan Coal Mine are prepared. The charge induction and microseismic synchronous comprehensive monitoring system is built. The uniaxial compression tests of coal and sandstone samples under the different loading rates are conducted. The charge induction and microseismic signal characteristics in the deformation and fracture process of the coal and rock under the different loading rates are studied. The results show that, with the increase of loading rate, the compressive strength of the coal and rock samples increases and the time from the peak stress to instability failure becomes shorter. At the same loading rate, the softening failure stage time of coal is longer than that of sandstone. With the increase of loading rate, the duration of charge-induced signal and microseismic signal is longer and the events’ number and amplitude of charge signal and microseismic signal increase in the deformation and fracture process of the coal and rock. Before the instability failure, the charge-induced signal and microseismic signal have both synchronous and asynchronous signals, and the amplitude of charge-induced and microseismic signals in each channel is different, which is related to the distance from the position of each sensor to the fracture point of the sample. During the instability failure, the charge induction and microseismic signals of each channel are generated synchronously, and the signal amplitude reaches the maximum values of 50 pC and 6 × 10−3 m/s at the same time. With the increase of specimen stress, the dominant frequency of microseismic signals first increases and then decreases, while the amplitude of dominant frequency increases synchronously. The dominant frequency amplitude of microseismic signals is the largest in instability failure. With the increase of loading rate, the spectrum amplitude of microseismic signals changes little in the compaction stage, but the spectrum amplitude increases in other stages. At the same loading speed, the events’ number of the microseismic signal of coal samples after peak stress is more than that of sandstone samples, and the signal amplitude is also larger. However, the spectrum distribution range of microseismic signals of coal samples is wider than that of sandstone samples, and the spectrum amplitude of coal samples is lower than that of sandstone. With the increase of loading rate, the time of the first generation of high-amplitude signals is advanced, and the stress of specimen becomes smaller when the first generation of high-amplitude signals occurs. With the increase of loading rate, the duration of microseismic and charge signal is longer, and the mean square amplitude of charge signal is larger.

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huamin Li ◽  
Huigui Li ◽  
Baobin Gao ◽  
Dongjie Jiang ◽  
Junfa Feng

To study the effect of loading rate on mechanical properties and acoustic emission characteristics of coal samples, collected from Sanjiaohe Colliery, the uniaxial compression tests are carried out under various levels of loading rates, including 0.001 mm/s, 0.002 mm/s, and 0.005 mm/s, respectively, using AE-win E1.86 acoustic emission instrument and RMT-150C rock mechanics test system. The results indicate that the loading rate has a strong impact on peak stress and peak strain of coal samples, but the effect of loading rate on elasticity modulus of coal samples is relatively small. When the loading rate increases from 0.001 mm/s to 0.002 mm/s, the peak stress increases from 22.67 MPa to 24.99 MPa, the incremental percentage is 10.23%, and under the same condition the peak strain increases from 0.006191 to 0.007411 and the incremental percentage is 19.71%. Similarly, when the loading rate increases from 0.002 mm/s to 0.005 mm/s, the peak stress increases from 24.99 MPa to 28.01 MPa, the incremental percentage is 12.08%, the peak strain increases from 0.007411 to 0.008203, and the incremental percentage is 10.69%. The relationship between acoustic emission and loading rate presents a positive correlation, and the negative correlation relation has been determined between acoustic emission cumulative counts and loading rate during the rupture process of coal samples.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengqiang Gong ◽  
Hao Ye ◽  
Yong Luo

In order to investigate the high loading rate effect on the behaviour and mechanical properties of coal-rock combined body, the dynamic compressive tests were conducted by using the Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) device under the loading rate range from 2.7×105 MPa/s to 4.0×105 MPa/s. The stress-strain curves, dynamic peak stress and strain, elastic modulus, and energy distribution law of coal-rock combined body under different loading rates were analyzed and discussed. The results show that the dynamic stress-strain curves of coal-rock combined body have a double-peak feature under high loading rate range, which can be divided into the initial bearing stage, the bearing decline stage, the bearing enhance stage, and the unstable stage. The first peak stress of the coal-rock combined body is independent of the loading rate, while the dynamic compressive strength (the second peak stress) and dynamic peak strain (the second peak strain) have a strong loading rate effect and will generally increase linearly with the loading rate. The first and second elastic moduli of coal-rock combined body are not sensitive to the loading rate. With the increase of the loading rate, the incident energy and reflective energy of coal-rock combined body increase rapidly, while the change of transmitted energy is very small. The absorption energy ratio of the coal-rock combined body shows a good linear law with the incident energy under different loading rates.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 5204
Author(s):  
Pei-Yun Shu ◽  
Chen-Yu Lin ◽  
Hung-Hui Li ◽  
Ta-Wui Cheng ◽  
Tzuu-Hsing Ueng ◽  
...  

Intact rock-like specimens and specimens that include a single planar joint or triangular sawteeth joint at various angles are prepared for split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) testing at loading rates of 303.1–5233.6 GPa/s. Only results that are associated with an error (eε) of less than 20.0% are utilized in subsequent analyses. The effects of the loading rate and angle of the load applied to various joint patterns on the failure type and dynamic peak stresses/strength of the specimens are investigated. Experimental results demonstrate that failure of each specimen can be classified into the following four types, Type A: integrated with or without tiny flake-off, Type B: slide failure, Type C: fracture failure, and Type D: crushing failure. The results of statistical analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicate that the loading rate, the angles of the base plane (β), and the asperity (α) of the sawteeth joint of the specimen all affect its dynamic peak stress when fracture failure occurs. The loading rate and β are important when the slide failure occurs, and the loading rate is the sole factor that significantly influences its dynamic peak stress when the specimen is crushed to failure. The dynamic peak stress of the specimen increases with the loading rate, while the rate of increase gradually decreases. The β and α of a jointed specimen affect the location of stress concentration during loading, further influencing the dynamic peak stress of such a specimen under slide and fracture failure. When the loading rate is high and the specimen is crushed to failure, the influences of β and α disappear, and the increase of loading rate reduces the efficiency of raising the dynamic peak stress.


2021 ◽  
pp. 105678952098386
Author(s):  
Junbao Wang ◽  
Qiang Zhang ◽  
Zhanping Song ◽  
Yuwei Zhang ◽  
Xinrong Liu

To study the effect of loading rate on the mechanical properties of salt rock, uniaxial compression tests and acoustic emission tests at different loading rates were carried out on salt rock specimens. The test results show that with increases in loading rate, the peak stress of salt rock increases first and then essentially remains unchanged, and the elastic modulus increases gradually, while the strain at peak stress decreases gradually. Moreover, the Poisson’s ratio is independent of loading rate. The macroscopic failure modes of the salt rock specimens at different loading rates are all ‘X’-type conjugate shear failure. However, the loading rate is closely related to the degree of fracture, such that the smaller the loading rate is, the higher is the degree of fracture of salt rock. In order to describe the stress–strain behaviour in the process of salt rock failure, a damage variable expression represented by the deformation modulus was proposed, and a rock damage constitutive model was established according to the theory of continuum damage mechanics. The rationality of the damage constitutive model was verified by using the present uniaxial compression test results of salt rock and existing test data from the literature. The results show that the model can accurately describe the stress–strain response of rock in the failure process.


2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (11) ◽  
pp. 121-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. von Sperling ◽  
J.G.B. de Andrada ◽  
W.R. de Melo Júnior

A system comprising a UASB reactor, shallow polishing ponds and shallow coarse filters, treating actual wastewater from the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, has been evaluated. The main focus of the research was to compare grain sizes and hydraulic loading rates in the coarse filters. Two filters operating in parallel were investigated, with the following grain sizes: Filter 1: 3 to 10 cm; Filter 2: 8 to 20 cm. Two hydraulic loading rates were tested: 0.5 and 1.0 m3/m3.d. The filter with the lower rock size had a better performance than the filter with the larger rock size in the removal of SS and, as a consequence, BOD and COD. A better performance was obtained with the hydraulic loading rate of 0.5 m3/m3.d, as compared to the rate of 1.0 m3/m3.d. The effluent quality during the period with the lower loading rate was very good for discharge into water bodies or for agricultural reuse (median effluent concentrations from Filter 1: BOD: 20 mg/L; COD: 106 mg/L; SS: 28 mg/L; E. coli: 528 MPN/100 mL).


2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 883-895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Abu S Shohag ◽  
Zhengqian Jiang ◽  
Emily C Hammel ◽  
Lucas Braga Carani ◽  
David O Olawale ◽  
...  

Real-time load monitoring of critical civil and mechanical structures especially dynamic structures such as wind turbine blades is imperative for longer service life. This article proposed a novel sensor system based on the proprietary in situ triboluminescent optical fiber (ITOF) sensor for dynamic load monitoring. The new ITOF sensor patch consists of an ITOF sensor network with micro-exciters integrated within a polymer matrix. The sensor patch was subjected to repeated flexural loading and produced triboluminescent emissions due to the friction between micro-exciters and ITOF sensors corresponding to each loading cycle. The friction-induced triboluminescent intensity directly depends on the loading rate, the coefficient of friction, and the applied load on patch. In general, the triboluminescent intensity increases exponentially with an increase in load. Additionally, the sensor patches comprising the coarser micro-exciters exhibited better results. Similarly, better results were achieved at higher loading rates although a threshold loading rate is required to excite the triboluminescent crystals for this sample configuration. The proposed new sensor has the ability to monitor dynamic continuous applied loads.


2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 755-757 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. Jiang ◽  
M. Atzmon

Plastic deformation of amorphous Al90Fe5Gd5 was investigated using nanoindentation and atomic force microscopy. While serrated flow was detected only at high loading rates, shear bands were observed for all loading rates, ranging from 1 to 100 nm/s. However, the details of shear-band formation depend on the loading rate.


2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (246) ◽  
pp. 543-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
ACHILLE CAPELLI ◽  
INGRID REIWEGER ◽  
JÜRG SCHWEIZER

ABSTRACTSnow slab avalanches are caused by cracks forming and propagating in a weak snow layer below a cohesive slab. The gradual damage process leading to the formation of the initial failure within the weak layer (WL) is still not entirely understood. To this end, we designed a novel test apparatus that allows performing loading experiments with large snow samples (0.25 m2) including a WL at different loading rates and simultaneously monitoring the acoustic emissions (AE) response. By analyzing the AE generated by micro-cracking, we studied the evolution of the damage process preceding snow failure. At fast loading rates, the exponent of the AE energy distribution (b-value) gradually changed, and both the energy rate and the inverse waiting time increased exponentially with increasing load. These changes in AE signature indicate a transition from small to large events and an acceleration of the damage processes leading to brittle failure. For the experiments at slow loading rate, these changes in the AE signature were not or only partially present, even if the sample failed, indicating a different evolution of the damage process. The observed characteristics in AE response provide new insights on how to model snow failure as a critical phenomenon.


1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 359-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
L van den Berg ◽  
K J Kennedy

Cheese whey and a dilute waste from a cheese factory with a Chemical Oxygen Demand of 66,000 and 4,000 mg (COD)/L respectively, were treated at high loading rates in 0.7 to 1.2 L downflow anaerobic stationary fixed film reactors and an upflow sludge bed reactor. In downflow stationary fixed film reactors treating cheese whey, COD removal efficiencies of 97% were achieved at a loading rate of 5 kg COD/m3/day and 92% at a maximum loading rate of 22 kg COD/m3/day. With dairy plant waste, loading rates of up to 15 kg COD/m3/day were possible with COD removal efficiencies averaging 75%, decreasing slightly with increasing loading rates. In an upflow sludge bed reactor the COD removal efficiency of dairy plant waste, decreased from 87% at 5 kg COD/m3/day to 73% at 15 kg COD/m3/day. A stationary fixed film reactor treating a skim milk powder waste (4,000 ppm) could only be operated at up to 10 kg COD/m3/day with a treatment efficiency of 72%. Methane was produced from all wastes at rates corresponding to 0.32 m3 CH4 (0°C, 1 atm) per kg COD removed. Results show that stationary fixed film reactors are capable of treating dairy wastes at high loading rates and high COD removal efficiencies.


2012 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Fiza Sarwar ◽  
Wajeeha Malik ◽  
Muhammad Salman Ahmed ◽  
Harja Shahid

Abstract: This study was designed using actual effluent from the sugary mills in an Up-flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) Reactor to evaluate treatability performance. The reactor was started-up in step-wise loading rates beginning from 0.05kg carbon oxygen demand (COD)/m3-day to 3.50kg-COD/m3-day. The hydraulic retention time (HRT) was slowly decreased from 96 hrs to eight hrs. It was observed that the removal efficiency of COD of more than 73% can be easily achieved at an HRT of more than 16 hours corresponding to an average organic loading rate (OLR) of 3.0kg-COD/m3-day, at neutral pH and constant temperature of 29°C. The average VFAs (volatile fatty acids) and biogas production was observed as 560mg/L and 1.6L/g-CODrem-d, respectively. The average methane composition was estimated as 62%. The results of this study suggest that the treatment of sugar mills effluent with the anaerobic technology seems to be more reliable, effective and economical.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hn.v9i0.7075 Hydro Nepal Vol.9 July 2011 57-62


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