Analysis of formation fracturing for the Maxi-HDD Qin River crossing project in China |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Tuscia, via San Camillo de Lellis snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy;2. CIRDER, via Santa Maria in Gradi 4, 01100 Viterbo, Italy;1. Institute of Tunnel and Underground Structure Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Shaanxi 710055, China;2. Department of Civil Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan, ROC;3. Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria 3122, Australia;1. IKT-Institute for Underground Infrastructure, Exterbruch 1, 45886 Gelsenkirchen, Germany;2. Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, CV8 3LG Coventry, UK;1. Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK;2. Ward and Burke Construction Limited, Kilcolgan, Co. Galway, Ireland;3. College of Engineering and Informatics, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Newcastle, Galway, Ireland;1. School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China;2. Yangtze Ecology and Environment Co., Ltd, Wuhan, Hubei 430073, PR China;3. Yellow River Laboratory (Zhengzhou University), Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, PR China;4. College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqi 404100, PR China;5. Kunshan Water Authority, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215300, PR China |
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| Abstract: | A new irrigation pipeline was installed using the Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) method in order to alleviate the water shortage situation in Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, China. This pipe installation project included two parallel HDD crossings, with a pipe diameter of 1016 mm and a driven length of 1750 m for both of them. Based on the preliminary detailed geological survey report of the riverbed, hydro-fracturing control under high slurry pressure would be a big challenge for this project. This paper summarizes the prediction methods for the maximum allowable mud pressure in the borehole based on different mechanisms of formation fracturing. Based on the geological data of this crossing project, the Delft equation and another prediction method based on tensile failure (termed here the Xia method) were used to calculate the maximum allowable annular pressure. The real pumping pressure of this project was recorded by the contractor. By comparing the theoretical predictions of allowable pressure with the actual pressures for the horizontal section of the borehole, it indicated that the Xia method is conservative and the limits of the Delft equation could not be verified in this project. As a solution dealing with potential hydro-fracturing, finite element modeling shown that increasing the ground surface load would rise the borehole allowable pressure at which fracturing would occur. This solution was used to deal with a blow-out in the entry section of one pilot hole on this project. Under the guidance of the theoretical and numerical simulation results, the Qin River crossing project was successfully completed. |
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| Keywords: | HDD Riverbed crossing Hydro-fracture Delft equation Numerical simulation |
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