US 11,781,926 B1
Fiber grating sensor, strain monitoring method and system for a surrounding rock of a deep roadway
Bin Liu, Wuhan (CN); Yongshui Kang, Wuhan (CN); Yuanguang Zhu, Wuhan (CN); Xuewei Liu, Wuhan (CN); Sheng Wang, Wuhan (CN); and Zhi Geng, Wuhan (CN)
Assigned to Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan (CN)
Filed by Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan (CN)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/183,974.
Claims priority of application No. 202210249220.2 (CN), filed on Mar. 15, 2022.
Int. Cl. G01L 1/24 (2006.01)
CPC G01L 1/246 (2013.01) 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A strain monitoring method for a surrounding rock of a deep roadway, comprising:
a monitoring system acquiring a first type of sensing data acquired by a first type of optical fibre grating sensor embedded in the surrounding rock of a deep roadway, the first type of optical fibre grating sensor comprising an optical fibre, the optical fibre comprising an optical fibre core and a plurality of optical fibre gratings inscribed on the optical fibre core, the optical fibre grating being a weak optical fibre grating with a peak reflectivity of less than 1%, and the plurality of optical fibre gratings performing unit discretization on a whole piece of the optical fibre so as to realize quasi-distributed sensing; in the working process, when the incident light enters the sensing network composed of the optical fibre gratings and a reflection phenomenon occurs, a part of the optical wave having a wavelength satisfying the Bragg grating condition being reflected back, the remaining optical wave continuing to be transmitted to the next grating along the optical fibre core, and the sensing function of the optical fibre sensing network being realized through multiple reflections inside the optical fibre and demodulation of the reflected light;
the monitoring system determining a strain value of the surrounding rock of the deep roadway corresponding to the first type of sensing data by combining a conversion relationship between the first type of sensing data collected by the first type of optical fibre grating sensor and the strain value of the surrounding rock of the deep roadway;
the monitoring system generating a strain monitoring result of the surrounding rock of the deep roadway based on the determined strain values at different time periods;
the monitoring system determining a strain value of the surrounding rock of the deep roadway corresponding to the first type of sensing data by combining a conversion relationship between the first type of sensing data collected by the first type of optical fibre grating sensor and the strain value of the surrounding rock of the deep roadway comprising: the monitoring system measuring the strain value of the surrounding rock of the deep roadway according to the following formula: Δλb=Kεε, Δλb being an increment value of a central wavelength λb, the central wavelength λb being changed due to change of a refractive index neff of the fibre core by the strain of the surrounding rock of the deep roadway, Kε being a strain sensitivity coefficient measured in advance by the optical fibre grating sensor, ε being an optical fibre strain value, and ε being taken as the strain value of the surrounding rock of the deep roadway;
after the monitoring system generates a strain monitoring result of the surrounding rock of the deep roadway based on the determined strain values at different time periods, the method further comprising: the monitoring system determining a target roadway surrounding rock deformation range corresponding to the strain value according to a matching relationship between a pre-set strain value and a roadway surrounding rock deformation range, the roadway surrounding rock deformation range comprising three ranges in total, namely, an elastic region, a damage expansion region and a fracture expansion region;
after the monitoring system determining a target roadway surrounding rock deformation range corresponding to the strain value according to a matching relationship between a pre-set strain value and a roadway surrounding rock deformation range, the method further comprising: when the target roadway surrounding rock deformation range is a fracture expansion region, the monitoring system determines a reinforcement solution for a secondary support intervention according to development of the fracture expansion region, the reinforcement solution comprising the following contents: the range of fracture expansion region <1 m, corresponding to stable surrounding rock, maintaining the original support structure, without secondary support; the range of fracture expansion region being 1 m-2 m, corresponding to relatively stable surrounding rock, applying pre-stressed anchor rod support; the range of the fracture expansion region being 2 m-3 m, corresponding to general stable surrounding rock, applying pre-stressed anchor rod support and shallow hole grouting; the range of the fracture expansion region being 3 m-4 m, corresponding to general unstable surrounding rock, applying pre-stressed anchor rod support, anchor cable support and deep hole grouting; the range of the fracture expansion region ≥4 m, corresponding to unstable surrounding rock, applying pre-stressed anchor rod support, anchor cable support, deep hole grouting and shed support;
if the range of the fracture expansion region ≥4 m, the method further comprising, before applying the pre-stressed anchor rod support, anchor cable support, deep hole grouting and shed support:
acquiring second type of sensing data acquired by a second type of optical fibre grating sensor embedded in the surrounding rock of a deep roadway, the second type of optical fibre grating sensor comprising an optical fibre, the optical fibre comprising an optical fibre core and a plurality of optical fibre gratings inscribed on the optical fibre core, the optical fibre grating being a weak optical fibre grating with a peak reflectivity lower than 1%, and the plurality of optical fibre gratings performing unit discretization on the whole piece of the optical fibre so as to realize quasi-distributed sensing; in the working process, when the incident light enters the sensing network composed of the optical fibre gratings and a reflection phenomenon occurs, a part of the optical wave having a wavelength satisfying the Bragg grating condition being reflected back, and the remaining optical wave continuing to be transmitted to the next grating along the optical fibre core, and the sensing function of the optical fibre sensing network being realized through multiple reflections inside the optical fibre and demodulation of the reflected light;
the monitoring system performing secondary verification on the target roadway surrounding rock with the deformation range being the fracture expansion region according to the second type of sensing data;
if verified range of the fracture expansion region after the second verification ≥4 m, applying the pre-stressed anchor rod support, anchor cable support, deep hole grouting and shed support;
if the verified range of the fracture expansion region after the second inspection is 3 m-4 m, obtaining a standard range of the fracture expansion region according to the range of the fracture expansion region and the verified range of the fracture expansion region, the standard range of the fracture expansion region being obtained by taking an average value from the sum of the range of the fracture expansion region and the verified range of the fracture expansion region; when the standard range of fracture expansion region is 3 m-4 m, then applying the pre-stressed anchor rod support, anchor cable support and deep hole grouting; when the standard range of the fracture expansion region ≥4 m, applying the pre-stressed anchor rod support, anchor cable support, deep hole grouting and shed support;
the stability coefficient V1 corresponding to the stable surrounding rock being marked as 1.0 when the range of fracture expansion region <1 m; the stability coefficient V2 corresponding to the relatively stable surrounding rock being marked as 2.0 when the range of fracture expansion region is 1 m-2 m; the stability coefficient V3 corresponding to the general stable surrounding rock being marked as 3.0 when the range of fracture expansion region is 2 m-3 m; the stability coefficient V4 corresponding to the general unstable surrounding rock being marked as 4.0 when the range of fracture expansion region is 3 m-4 m, and the stability coefficient V5 corresponding to unstable surrounding rock being marked as 5.0 when the range of fracture expansion region ≥4 m;
the method further comprising:
acquiring a difference value of the stability coefficient of the target roadway surrounding rock at the previous moment and the current moment, the V being equal to Vcurrent minus Vprevious, and the Vprevious and/or Vcurrent being any numerical value of the V1, V2, V3, V4 and V5;
if V is less than or equal to 0, determining to be a safety zone, and maintaining the original support structure, with no secondary support;
if V is equal to 1, determining to be a normal evolution region, and performing a reinforcement solution according to a current range of the fracture expansion region; and
if V is greater than or equal to 2, determining to be an abnormal evolution region, and performing a reinforcement solution according to the range of the fracture expansion region ≥4 m.