REVIEW PAPER
Research on the Permeability of Water
and Sand in the Fractured Rock
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School of Mechatronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Jiangsu, China
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State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safety Mining, China University of Mining and Technology, Jiangsu, China
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School of Mines, China University of Mining and Technology, Jiangsu, China
Submission date: 2022-07-16
Final revision date: 2022-10-01
Acceptance date: 2022-10-04
Online publication date: 2022-12-22
Publication date: 2023-01-12
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Shuncai Li
School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, 221116, Jiangsu, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2023;32(1):509-517
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ABSTRACT
The water and sand inrush is very factor to influence the safety production of mining. In order to
understand the mechanism of water and sand flow in the fracture, the seepage system was designed
and manufactured to test the permeability of water and sand in the fractured rock. According to the
seepage test, the magnitude of the effective fluidity was in 10-8~10-5mn+2. S2-n/kg, while non-Darcy
factor β ranged from 105 to 108 m-1. The relationship of the effective fluidity and non-Darcy factor
β- (Joint Roughness Coefficient) JRC was fitted using the exponential function. The equations of
effective fluidity and non-Darcy factor were obtained by using the genetic algorithm and the fitting
parameters were obtained. The main and secondary factors that affect the permeability include the
fracture aperture, roughness, concentration and particle size. Through simulation, it was found that the
roughness exhibited no significant effect on the pressure field; however, it did have a significant effect
on the velocity field. Velocity of water and sand keeps 1.62 m/s, which increases prominently with the
JRC increase. The safety regions are deduced under different coefficient n. The study is important to
explore the mechanism of water and sand inrush.