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New Rock Mechanics Testing and Measuring System at the Institute of Geonics
Janeček, Ivan ; Mishra, D.
New research tasks of the Department of laboratory research on geomaterials at the Institute of Geonics required improvement of experimental technique for investigation of the geomechanical properties of rocks and mastering of new rock testing methods as well. A new computer controlled hydraulic press with large set of adaptive accessories could meet the demands. With EU support of the project Institute of Clean Technologies for Mining and Utilization of Raw Materials for Energy Use (CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0082), a new Rock Mechanics System of the MTS Corporation was purchased, installed and put into operation.
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The X-ray CT lab and the research at the Institute of Geonics AS CR
Souček, Kamil ; Staš, Lubomír
In recent decades, non-destructive methods of materials analysis (Desrues 2006) have been used increasingly for the study of different kinds of materials. Especially, it concerns the method of the X-ray computed tomography (CT). This technique was invented in 1970's (Hounsfield 1972) and it quickly became an indispensable part of medicine. In the 1980's, this success in medicine encouraged the research and development of the X-ray CT applications in the field of materials engineering and consequently also in the field of geomaterials (Otani, Obara 2004). Nowadays, many applications are possible due to high resolution of individual building units in the tomographic cross-sections (so called voxels) with dimensions of units or tens of micrometres. To get this resolution, the use of the 2D and the 3D high-resolution X-ray CT, or the micro-CT with micro-focal sources of X-rays, and suitable linear or flat (2D) X-Ray detectors are preferred.
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The history of measurement of rock mechanical properties at the Institute of Geonics AS CR
Konečný, Pavel ; Blaheta, Radim
The rock testing and evaluation of parameters for description of rock behaviour is an important part of the research at the Institute of Geonics AS CR since its foundation as an independent institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in 1982. Focusing on mechanical testing, the first testing device, the hydraulic press EDZ 100H made in GDR with maximum force 1000 kN, was acquired in 1980, when only a branch of the Mining Institute existed in Ostrava. This equipment was substantially extended in the eighties by two „small“ mechanical presses FPZ 100 (max. force 100kN) and FPZ 10 (max. force 10kN) purchased in 1987 from GDR. But a really great progress came with the mechanical press ZWICK 1494 (500 kN) controlled by computer with a possibility of recording and processing the data. This press was bought from ZWICK Ulm (FRG) in 1985. The deformation measurement was realized by the dial test indicators. The described equipment was used for rock testing with focus on elastic behaviour and uniaxial strength limits, which were required for solving engineering problems mostly related to the coal mining.
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Geo-oriented mathematical modelling: multiphysics and multiscale
Blaheta, Radim
This contribution is aimed at a brief introduction to two important aspects of nowadays geo-oriented mathematical modelling: multiphysics and multiscale. Moreover, these types of modelling are illustrated on problems currently solved at the Institute of Geonics AS CR.The multiphysics means modelling of coupled physical phenomena. In the case of the geotechnical engineering, it is typically modelling of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) processes, in other engineering branches, we can consider similar models, e.g. coupling of electric and mechanical phenomena. The modelling of coupled processes is particularly involved in modelling of sealing and plugging effects of bentonite barriers used in the design of underground repository of spent nuclear fuel. At present, the team at the Institute of Geonics is involved in the solution of Task A of the Decovalex 2015 project aimed at modelling in-situ SEALEX experiments, which were performed in Tournemire underground laboratory in France.
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