A borehole stability study by newly designed laboratory tests on thick-walled hollow cylinders
At several mineral exploration drilling sites in Australia, weakly consolidated formations mainly consist of sand particles that are poorly bonded by cementing agents such as clay, iron oxide cement or calcite. These formations are being encountered when drilling boreholes to the depth of up to 200 ...
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| description | At several mineral exploration drilling sites in Australia, weakly consolidated formations mainly consist of sand particles that are poorly bonded by cementing agents such as clay, iron oxide cement or calcite. These formations are being encountered when drilling boreholes to the depth of up to 200 m. To study the behaviour of these materials, thick-walled hollow cylinder (TWHC) and solid cylindrical synthetic specimens were designed and prepared by adding Portland cement and water to sand grains. The effects of different parameters such as water and cement contents, grain size distribution and mixture curing time on the characteristics of the samples were studied to identify the mixture closely resembling the formation at the drilling site. The Hoek triaxial cell was modified to allow the visual monitoring of grain debonding and borehole breakout processes during the laboratory tests. The results showed the significance of real-time visual monitoring in determining the initiation of the borehole breakout. The size-scale effect study on TWHC specimens revealed that with the increasing borehole size, the ductility of the specimen decreases, however, the axial and lateral stiffnesses of the TWHC specimen remain unchanged. Under different confining pressures the lateral strain at the initiation point of borehole breakout is considerably lower in a larger size borehole (20 mm) compared to that in a smaller one (10 mm). Also, it was observed that the level of peak strength increment in TWHC specimens decreases with the increasing confining pressure. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3fc6bd3c73ed49d2b1876fa285a2ecf12022-12-22T00:53:08ZengElsevierJournal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering1674-77552015-10-017551953110.1016/j.jrmge.2015.06.005A borehole stability study by newly designed laboratory tests on thick-walled hollow cylindersS.S. HashemiN. MelkoumianA. TaheriAt several mineral exploration drilling sites in Australia, weakly consolidated formations mainly consist of sand particles that are poorly bonded by cementing agents such as clay, iron oxide cement or calcite. These formations are being encountered when drilling boreholes to the depth of up to 200 m. To study the behaviour of these materials, thick-walled hollow cylinder (TWHC) and solid cylindrical synthetic specimens were designed and prepared by adding Portland cement and water to sand grains. The effects of different parameters such as water and cement contents, grain size distribution and mixture curing time on the characteristics of the samples were studied to identify the mixture closely resembling the formation at the drilling site. The Hoek triaxial cell was modified to allow the visual monitoring of grain debonding and borehole breakout processes during the laboratory tests. The results showed the significance of real-time visual monitoring in determining the initiation of the borehole breakout. The size-scale effect study on TWHC specimens revealed that with the increasing borehole size, the ductility of the specimen decreases, however, the axial and lateral stiffnesses of the TWHC specimen remain unchanged. Under different confining pressures the lateral strain at the initiation point of borehole breakout is considerably lower in a larger size borehole (20 mm) compared to that in a smaller one (10 mm). Also, it was observed that the level of peak strength increment in TWHC specimens decreases with the increasing confining pressure.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674775515000803Real-time monitoringExperimental investigationThick-walled hollow cylinder (TWHC)Poorly cemented sand formations |
| spellingShingle | S.S. Hashemi N. Melkoumian A. Taheri A borehole stability study by newly designed laboratory tests on thick-walled hollow cylinders Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Real-time monitoring Experimental investigation Thick-walled hollow cylinder (TWHC) Poorly cemented sand formations |
| title | A borehole stability study by newly designed laboratory tests on thick-walled hollow cylinders |
| title_full | A borehole stability study by newly designed laboratory tests on thick-walled hollow cylinders |
| title_fullStr | A borehole stability study by newly designed laboratory tests on thick-walled hollow cylinders |
| title_full_unstemmed | A borehole stability study by newly designed laboratory tests on thick-walled hollow cylinders |
| title_short | A borehole stability study by newly designed laboratory tests on thick-walled hollow cylinders |
| title_sort | borehole stability study by newly designed laboratory tests on thick walled hollow cylinders |
| topic | Real-time monitoring Experimental investigation Thick-walled hollow cylinder (TWHC) Poorly cemented sand formations |
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