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0000-0003-4854-2282
Current Organisation
Deakin University
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Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 27-03-2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2014
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 19-02-2015
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2021
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 05-06-2021
Publisher: CRC Press
Date: 08-05-2014
DOI: 10.1201/B16955-127
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2020
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 07-01-2021
Abstract: This research study aims to develop regular cylindrical pore network models (RCPNMs) to calculate topology and geometry properties of explosively created fractures along with their resulting hydraulic permeability. The focus of the investigation is to define a method that generates a valid geometric and topologic representation from a computational modelling point of view for explosion-generated fractures in rocks. In particular, extraction of geometries from experimentally validated Eulerian smoothed particle hydrodynamics (ESPH) approach, to avoid restrictions for image-based computational methods. Three-dimensional stabilized ESPH solution is required to model explosively created fracture networks, and the accuracy of developed ESPH is qualitatively and quantitatively examined against experimental observations for both peak detonation pressures and crack density estimations. SPH simulation domain is segmented to void and solid spaces using a graphical user interface, and the void space of blasted rocks is represented by a regular lattice of spherical pores connected by cylindrical throats. Results produced by the RCPNMs are compared to three pore network extraction algorithms. Thereby, once the accuracy of RCPNMs is confirmed, the absolute permeability of fracture networks is calculated. The results obtained with RCPNMs method were compared with three pore network extraction algorithms and computational fluid dynamics method, achieving a more computational efficiency regarding to CPU cost and a better geometry and topology relationship identification, in all the cases studied. Furthermore, a reliable topology data that does not have image-based pore network limitations, and the effect of topological disorder on the computed absolute permeability is minor. However, further research is necessary to improve the interpretation of real pore systems for explosively created fracture networks. Although only laboratory cylindrical rock specimens were tested in the computational ex les, the developed approaches are applicable for field scale and complex pore network grids with arbitrary shapes. It is often desirable to develop an integrated computational method for hydraulic conductivity of explosively created fracture networks which segmentation of fracture networks is not restricted to X-ray images, particularly when topologic and geometric modellings are the crucial parts. This research study provides insight to the reliable computational methods and pore network extraction algorithm selection processes, as well as defining a practical framework for generating reliable topological and geometrical data in a Eulerian SPH setting.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2023
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Date: 27-07-2023
Abstract: Groundwater level monitoring is critical to the protection and management of groundwater resources. Properly designed and executed instrumentation can play an important role in increasing the quality and reliability of collected data and reducing total monitoring costs. The efficiency of the instrumentation depends mainly on the accuracy and reliability of the installed sensors. This study presents the testing and application of a cost-effective pressure sensor (0–689 kPa range) for water level monitoring based on microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology and the internet of things concept. The sensor performance, in terms of accuracy, precision, repeatability, and temperature, was investigated in laboratory columns (with constant water level, increasing and decreasing water levels at various rates) and in situ conditions in an observation bore (with natural groundwater level fluctuations). The results show that the MEMS sensor is capable of providing a reliable and adequate monitoring scheme with an accuracy of 0.31% full scale (FS) (2.13 kPa).
Publisher: Begell House
Date: 2019
Publisher: Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
Date: 07-2016
DOI: 10.4028/WWW.SCIENTIFIC.NET/AMM.846.102
Abstract: This paper aims to provide a coupled finite element method (FEM) and smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) approach capable of reproducing the blast response in rock. In the proposed approach, SPH is used to simulate large deformation and fracture of rock at the near detonation zone, while the FEM is adopted to capture the far field response of the rock. The explosive is modelled explicitly using SPH. The numerical simulations are carried out using LS-DYNA. The interaction of the SPH particles and FEM elements was modelled by the node to surface contact, and for the interactions between explosive and rock SPH parts node to node penalty based contact was used. In the present study, the Johnson and Holmquist constitutive model is used for rock. Jones–Wilkins–Lee model is used for TNT explosive. It is found that the preliminary numerical simulation reproduces some of the well-known phenomena observed experimentally by other researchers. The numerical results indicate that the coupled SPH-FEM approach used in this work can be applied to simulate effectively both compressive and tensile damage of rock subjected to blast loading.
Location: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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