Visual Seepage Experiment Based on Transparent Rock-SoilMaterial and Its Application Prospect
Liu Jianjun
Wang Yao
Song Rui
Abstract：Seepage model experimentis widely utilized in many engineering fields such as geotechnical engineering and oil engineering since it can simulate the seepage process and movement law of fluid in porous media.While in the traditional seepage model experiment, due to the opacity of model medium, the specific seepage process, diffusion law and occurrence state of fluid cannot be observed directly.This paper presents the research progress of current visual seepage experiment, including its limitations.And a new technique of seepage experiment based on transparent rock-soil material, combining with optical observation method, tracer technique and digital imaging processing technology is proposed.In addition, the advantages and disadvantages between this technology and the traditional visual seepageexperiment are analyzed.Compared with the traditional seepage experiment, this technology can not only achieve the visual observation of the specific seepage process, but also has the advantages of invlovement of simple devices, easy operation and low cost, which indicates that it is feasible to use of this material to carry out visual observation of seepage experiment, laying a theoretical foundation for carrying out the visual seepage model experiment based on transparent rock-soil material.
Keywords：seepage mechanicstransparent rock-soil materialmodel testflow visualizationpetroleum geology
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：9( 1287-1295 )