Effect of NaCl solution on primary physical-mechanical behaviors of deep-sea sediments
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摘要: 深海沉积物所处的深海溶液环境会随洋流、油气开采等工程活动而产生较大的扰动,亟需开展溶液浓度变化下深海沉积物物理力学特性规律研究。主要开展了NaCl溶液浓度变化下深海沉积物微细观结构、自由沉降、液限、流变和固结特性规律的演化研究。研究表明:盐分使得深海沉积物絮凝程度增强,显著加快颗粒的沉降速率,其自由沉降曲线呈典型的三阶段。深海沉积物的液限和流变屈服应力随NaCl溶液浓度增大而增大,与去离子水相比,1.0 mol/L的NaCl溶液使其流变屈服应力增大3倍。同时NaCl溶液浓度的增大使得深海沉积物的压缩模量增大。Abstract: The environment of the salt solution in deep sea can be greatly disturbed by the ocean currents and oil-gas exploitation. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the effects of saline solution on the physical-mechanical behaviors of the deep-sea sediments. The effects of sodium chloride solution on the microscopic fabrics of the deep-sea sediments from the South China Sea are firstly explored using the scanning electron microscope. Subsequently, different methods are used to measure the basic physical properties, rheological and deformation characteristics of the deep-sea sediments under variable concentrations of saline solutions, including free settlement, liquid limit, rheology and consolidation tests. The results show that the flocculated structure is enhanced in the sediments under the effects of saline solutions with the scanning electron microscope. Furthermore, the settling velocity of the sediment particles in the saline sotuion is much larger than that in the deionized water. The free settlement curves can be divided into three characteristic stages. The liquid limit and yield stress of the sediments also increase when the concentration of the saline solution increases. It’s worth noting that the yield stress saturated by the NaCl solution with the concentration 1.0 mol/L is three times larger than that saturated with deionized water. The oedometric moduli of the sediments increase with the increasing concentration of NaCl solution.
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Keywords:
- NaCl solution /
- deep-sea sediment /
- liquid limit /
- free settling /
- rheology
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