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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMECHANICS
Volume 22, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0002439
Keywords
Correction factor; Marsh funnel test; Bentonite slurry; Rheology; Field use
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This paper presents an improved model for predicting the rheological properties of bentonite slurries in slurry shield tunneling. The improvement focuses on predicting the dynamic part of fluids with small MF times, and the performance of the model is confirmed through comparisons with experiments.
This paper presents an improvement on a previous model for predicting the Marsh funnel (MF) test that is used in slurry shield tunneling for evaluating the rheological properties of bentonite slurries. The improvement focuses on the prediction of the dynamic part for fluids with small MF times. The velocity profile of the Herschel-Bulkley fluid in a laminar pipe flow condition is first investigated and a correction factor is introduced in the improved model. Comparisons of results from experiments and calculations with the previous model confirm the improved performance over the existing model. The rheological parameters obtained from the improved model show good resemblance to those obtained from a laboratory viscometer. The work also provides a reference to similar applications such as fluid transportation through pipelines where dynamic pressure dominates and therefore should be correctly predicted considering its velocity profile in a laminar condition.
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