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Ground vibration characteristics of carbon dioxide phase transition fracturing: an in situ test

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Carbon dioxide phase transition fracturing is a safe rock-breaking technique. Its vibration effect cannot be ignored. It is valuable for fracturing safety control to investigate its ground vibration characteristics. In this paper, a single-hole test was implemented, and several vibration curves in jet direction and vertical jet direction were monitored to explore the ground vibration difference in these two directions. The attenuation laws of the peak particle velocity (PPV) and the Fourier dominant frequency were obtained. Moreover, based on the Hilbert–Huang transform method, the time–frequency–energy characteristics for the fracturing vibration were evaluated. The test results indicated that the PPV in jet direction is higher than that of the vertical jet direction, and the PPV obeys the power attenuation function in these two monitoring directions. When the explosion center distance increases from 2.193 to 6.067 m, the Fourier dominant frequency fluctuates slightly around 2 Hz in jet direction, but it decays from 12.5 to 1.6 Hz in the vertical jet direction. The vibration signal energies in jet direction and vertical jet direction are both distributed within 0–48 Hz. In addition, it is indicated that the vibration signal energy converses from a high-frequency band to a low-frequency band as the explosion center distance rises from 2.193 to 6.067 m. Due to the significant difference between the ground vibrations in the diverse directions, when this fracturing technique is carried out near the buildings, it is suggested that the installation direction of the fracturing pipe should be considered.

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Abbreviations

v 1 :

Peak particle velocity for the jet direction (cm/s)

r :

Explosion center distance (m)

R 2 :

Coefficient of determination

v 2 :

Peak particle velocity for the vertical jet direction (cm/s)

f vd :

Fourier dominant frequency in vertical jet direction (Hz)

v(t):

Original non-stationary signal

h i(t):

ith intrinsic mode function component

r(t):

Signal residual

P E :

Energy proportion of 0–20 Hz in jet direction (%)

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Acknowledgements

This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42072309, 41807265) and the Hubei Key Laboratory of Blasting Engineering Foundation (HKLBEF202002). All authors appreciate the scholars from Hubei (Wuhan) Institute of Explosion and Blasting Technology and Hubei Key Laboratory of Blasting Engineering for the technical support provided in the in situ vibration test. They are Prof. Yingkang Yao, Prof. Jinshan Sun, and Mr. Xiaowu Huang. Special thanks are given to the two anonymous reviewers who have helped to improve the paper.

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    Shengtao Zhou, Xuedong Luo, Nan Jiang, Shitong Zhang & Yu Lei

  2. Hubei Key Laboratory of Blasting Engineering, Jianghan University, Wuhan, China

    Xuedong Luo & Nan Jiang

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Zhou, S., Luo, X., Jiang, N. et al. Ground vibration characteristics of carbon dioxide phase transition fracturing: an in situ test. Bull Eng Geol Environ 80, 9029–9047 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-021-02479-w

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