In order to clarify the
flow velocity of various block stones in the slurry discharge pipeline and
explore the relationship between pipeline blockage formed by block stone
deposition and slurry flow velocity, a slurry hydrodynamic calculation formula
is derived based on the basic equations of fluid mechanics. Then, from the
perspective of motion mechanics, the force analysis is conducted on the most
difficult to discharge state of the stones in the horizontal, oblique upward,
oblique downward, and vertical upward pipelines. Last, different shapes and
particle sizes of stones are analyzed, the formula for calculating the critical
mud velocity difference when the mud flows in the mud channel at different tilt
angles reaching force equilibrium is derived; the formula for calculating the
critical mud velocity of various block stone deposits are then analyzed and
derived; and engineering data for trial calculation are set. Conclusions are
drawn as follows: (1) With different sizes, shapes, and densities, the block
stones flowes at different angles in the mud discharge pipeline with different
differential speeds, flow velocity can be automatically classified, and
critical mud velocity of sedimentation are different. (2) The stones with lower
density and small volume block have faster movement speed and lower critical
mud flow rate for sedimentation. (3) With the same weight and density, the
stone of spherical shape have the fastest movement speed and the minimum
critical mud flow rate for sedimentation, followed by the square shape; the
stones of elongated shape have the slowest movement speed and the maximum
critical mud flow rate for sedimentation; and the stones with larger length-diameter ratio have the slower flow rate and the greater the
critical mud flow rate for sedimentation. (4) A stone has the fastest flow
velocity and the lowest critical mud flow velocity in the downward pipeline,
followed by that in the horizontal pipeline, and that in the vertical upward
pipeline has the lowest flow velocity and the highest critical mud flow
velocity. It is important to control the mud flow rate in the launching shaft
or in the vertical upward pipeline on the ground. In order to apply an
economical mud flow rate for preventing block up in the mud discharge pipeline,
the mud flow rate must been calculated.
TIAN Gongming, TIAN Yeping, XIANG Daigang, GAN Hu, LIU Wei
. Analysis of Flow Velocity
of Block Stones in Shield Tunnel Slurry Discharge Pipeline and Formula Derivation for Flow Rate of Sedimentation Critical Mud[J]. Tunnel Construction, 2024
, 44(S1)
: 131
-138
.
DOI: 10.3973/j.issn.2096-4498.2024.S1.014