Particle jet impact deep-rock in rotary drilling: Failure process and lab experiment

Abstract

Aimed at the technical problems of low drilling speed and difficult rock-breaking in deep-well and hard rock-stratum, particle waterjet coupled impact rock-breaking technology in rotary drilling is put forward in this paper. Firstly, the working principle of particle jet impact rock-breaking in rotary drilling was introduced, and the acceleration model of particle jet and the damage model of rock were established. The acceleration mechanism of particles and dynamic damage evolution process of rock under particle jet were studied, which showed that the broken pit and rock damage would increase with time gone on, and damage evolution of rock presented the radial expansion. Then, experimental device of particle jet coupled impact rock-breaking in rotary state was developed, and the effect of jet parameters on penetration depth and failure volume was analyzed with comparison of la experiment and numerical simulation. The results showed that drilling speed with particle jet impact is twice that of conventional drilling, and combination nozzles layout of impact angle with 8°and 20° can achieve rock-drilled rapidly, which also demonstrated the correctness of simulation method. The device development and the rock-breaking results analysis would be of great value for engineering application.

Influence of confining pressure on rock fracture propagation under particle impact

“…It uses a high-speed medium to accelerate particles for a high impact kinetic energy [15][16][17][18] . After impacting the rock, the impact stress wave propagates in the rock and promotes an expansion of the original cracks in the rock to crush the rock 19 . Zhu et al conducted a numerical simulation of the particle jet rockbreaking process based on the discrete-element particle-ow method and studied the law of assisted rock breaking under different jet parameters, such as particle size, incident angle, and incident velocity 20 .…”