Formula Development and Application of Wall Protection Slurry for Long-distance Horizontal Freezing Boreholes and Thorough Piles

Abstract

Since complex barriers need to be passed through during the process of drilling long-distance horizontal freezing boreholes, the stability of the borehole wall at the soft and hard stratum interface is the key in controlling the deflection of the horizontal boreholes. The author puts forward to establishing the stability mechanical model of horizontal freezing borehole walls with fluid loss as the control index, starting from the stability mechanism of horizontal freezing boreholes and combined with the working conditions of horizontal freezing boreholes; selects two optimal fluid loss additives from the perspective of the molecular structure of bentonite materials, and determines the optimal formula by formulation optimization by virtue of orthogonal tests; applies the optimal formula into the long-distance pile and borehole penetration test, and validates the reliability of wall protection slurry formula materials for horizontal boreholes via comparing the water loss and soil erosion at the pile interface and analyzing the deflection rules, which is of certain value in engineering promotion and application.