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Experimental Investigation of Non-Darcy Flow in Sandstone

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A study was conducted to investigate non-Darcy flow for sandstone using an experimental system designed and constructed by the research group. Non-Darcy flow was found to exist for both the pre-peak and post-peak strains; post-peak flow behavior showed a higher level of non-Darcy flow. In addition, the post peak permeability turned out to be about 2–3 times that of the pre-peak permeability. This sudden change in permeability that occurs when sedimentary rock masses around underground excavations develop new fractures may lead to water inrush in coal mines. All three non-Darcy permeability parameters showed significant changes between the pre-peak and post peak strains. The main reason for that is the formation of new cracks around and after the peak stress. Relations are developed among the three non-Darcy permeability parameters.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program: No. 2013CB227900) and Ordinary University Graduate Scientific Research Innovation Project of Jiangsu Province (No. KYLX_1368, No. CXZZ13_0924) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11502229). The first author would like to thank the Chinese Scholarship Council for providing a scholarship to conduct a part of the described research as a Visiting Research Student at the University of Arizona. The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewer for the critique which helped to improve the presentation of the paper.

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  1. School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, Jiangsu, China

    Xiaoyan Ni

  2. State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, Jiangsu, China

    Xiaoyan Ni, Zhanqing Chen & Peng Gong

  3. Rock Mass Modeling and Computational Rock Mechanics Laboratories, Department of Mining and Geological Engineering, University of Arizona, 1235 E. James E. Rogers Way, Rm. 235, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA

    Xiaoyan Ni & Pinnaduwa H. S. W. Kulatilake

  4. Civil Engineering Department, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, 224051, Jiangsu, China

    Hailing Kong

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Ni, X., Kulatilake, P.H.S.W., Chen, Z. et al. Experimental Investigation of Non-Darcy Flow in Sandstone. Geotech Geol Eng 34, 1835–1846 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-016-9992-y

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