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Deep Rock Mass Geological Structure and Geostress Field

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Earth Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 2179

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Zengqiang Han

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State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
Interests: theory, method and equipment of the detection of a deep rock geological structure and geostress measurement; innovation and engineering application of borehole geophysical exploration; engineering disaster monitoring and assessment
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Dr. Jinchao Wang

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Institute of Rock Mass and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
Interests: civil structural health monitoring; underground space detection; rock mass structure detection; disaster monitoring and assessment; geotechnical engineering; borehole survey; rock mass visualization
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Prof. Dr. Tao Sun

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Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Interests: key technologies for the safety monitoring of geotechnical structures; bridge health and safety assurance technology; ground penetrating radar data processing; super-resolution reconstruction of multi-view optical remote sensing images
Dr. Yiteng Wang

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State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
Interests: theroy and techniques of geostress measurement; borehole geophysical exploration; deep rock engineering precention
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

With the increasing shortage of shallow resources in the world, resource exploitation is expected to shift to the deep. At the same time, the scale and depth of underground projects in the nuclear industry, national defense industry, transportation, water conservancy and other industries are also growing rapidly, and it is not uncommon for underground projects to be buried several kilometers deep. A large number of underground projects are distributed in the deep underground, deep buried mountains and regions with a strong tectonic activity. These deep projects are located in a complex geological environment with a large burial depth. The risk of rock burst, collapse, water inrush and other deep projects is extremely high, resulting in astonishing personnel and economic losses. In the long-term geological tectonic movement and rock growth history, the deep rock mass has formed a large number of faults, fissures, bedding, joints, micro fissures and defects. Due to physical and mechanical reasons, the deeper the rock is, the greater the geostress is, the more complex the geological structure of the rock is, and there exists a high geostress in the rock block and discontinuities. Deep engineering disasters are closely related to a high geostress and geological structure. The key to solving engineering disasters is to focus on studying the theory and technology of the detailed detection of the deep rock mass high geostress field and the geological structure, accurately grasp the information of the deep geological structure and rock mass structure, the deep original rock stress field and disturbed stress field and monitor the dynamic characteristics and dynamic information of the stability of the surrounding rock. As an important part of the research on the theory and technology of disaster prevention and mitigation in deep engineering, the research on the high geostress field and geological structure detection of the deep rock mass will become a research hotspot. This Special Issue will publish high-quality, original research papers in the overlapping fields of the following advances in the theory and technology of the detailed detection of the high geostress field and geological structure in the deep rock mass. The topics of interest for the publication include but are not limited to:

  1. Novel theories and technologies for the measurement of the geostress and stress field inversion of the deep rock mass;
  2. Novel theories and technologies for detecting deep rock mass geological strcutures;
  3. Novel theories and technologies for monitoring deep rock deformation and dynamic disasters;
  4. Comprehensive geophysical exploration technology for the deep rock mass;
  5. The intelligent monitoring of and warning methods of deep rock mass disasters;
  6. The multiple-information interpretation and evaluation of deep rock mass;
  7. Deep rock engineering health monitoring equipment and technology;
  8. Numerical modeling, static and dynamic analysis and design in deep rock engineering.

Dr. Zengqiang Han
Dr. Jinchao Wang
Prof. Dr. Tao Sun
Dr. Yiteng Wang
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Keywords

  • geostress measurement
  • rock mass geological strcuture
  • deep rock mass
  • geophysical exploration

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Study on the Distribution Law of Crustal Stress in Fault Fracture Area
by He-Lin Fu, Wu Xu and Yi-Min Wu
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(13), 7678; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137678 - 29 Jun 2023
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Determining crustal stress is crucial in the design and construction of underground engineering projects, particularly in fault fracture zones. This paper aims to identify the characteristic factors that influence the crustal stress of faults, including the difference in deformation characteristics between faults and [...] Read more.
Determining crustal stress is crucial in the design and construction of underground engineering projects, particularly in fault fracture zones. This paper aims to identify the characteristic factors that influence the crustal stress of faults, including the difference in deformation characteristics between faults and ordinary formations (expressed by the elastic modulus ratio Er/Ef), the degree of fault fragmentation P, and the angle α between fault tendency and the principal stress direction. Numerical simulations are conducted to investigate the impact of these three factors on the magnitude and direction of the principal stress. Additionally, measured stress values from a specific tunnel are analyzed to validate the findings. The results demonstrate the crucial role of α in determining the increase or decrease of principal stress and the direction of the offset. When α is less than 45°, σ1 and σ3 within the fault experience an increase, while σ1 and σ3 in the ordinary surrounding rock area near the fault exhibit a slight decrease. Moreover, the σ1 direction inside the fault deviates towards the parallel fault, whereas σ1 near the outside slightly deviates towards the vertical fault. Conversely, when α is greater than 45°, the trend of principal stress is reversed. Er/Ef affects the magnitude of the principal stress change, with larger values resulting in more pronounced changes. P only affects the stress distribution inside the fault. Full article
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Consistency Discrimination and Experimental Study of Rock Discontinuities Based on Borehole Optical Images
by Zengqiang Han, Minghong Li, Chao Wang, Yiteng Wang and Xiaohua Huang
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(6), 3858; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063858 - 17 Mar 2023
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The structural plane is a geological interface of a particular scale, and how to determine the extension of the structural plane in space is an essential issue in the study of rock structure. This paper analyses the structural plane information of multiple boreholes [...] Read more.
The structural plane is a geological interface of a particular scale, and how to determine the extension of the structural plane in space is an essential issue in the study of rock structure. This paper analyses the structural plane information of multiple boreholes collected by the digital panoramic borehole camera system to determine the structural plane consistency. The discriminative conditions of structural plane consistency in multiple boreholes are deduced through mathematical analysis methods such as spatial geometry and vector. The structural planes that may be connected are quickly screened out. The consistency is further judged by combining the relevant characteristics of the structural planes, thus forming a complete method based on digital borehole images. The method has been validated by a series of indoor tests. Structural planes with specific parameters were presented in the test blocks in these tests, and several boreholes were drilled. The experimental results show that (1) the structural plane consistency discrimination method can be applied to both flat structural planes and structural planes with certain undulation angles and roughness; (2) the tilt of the borehole does not affect the structural plane consistency using the borehole camera, and the structural plane consistency can be judged by this method in any two boreholes in space; and (3) the analysis method proposed in this paper can quickly complete the structural plane consistency discrimination, and is also suitable for the consistency discrimination and screening of a large number of structural planes in deep boreholes. Finally, the method based on the optical borehole images is successfully applied in the slope survey of the Xichang iron ore mine. Full article
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