An experimental device for the multi-scale instability process of a multi-sub-fault system

Abstract

The invention discloses an experimental device for the multi-scale instability process of a multi-sub-fault system. The device includes: a loading system, a transverse plate, a fault system, a detection system and a data acquisition and monitoring system; the loading system simulates the surrounding rock outside the fault system and the elastic energy storage environment outside the fault system; the transverse plate transmits the force exerted by the loading system to Fault system; the fault system simulates the sliding behavior and instability process of the fault under the action of the loading system; the detection system detects the displacement and pressure of the fault system during the deformation process and instability; the data acquisition monitoring system is used to collect displacement signals and pressure signals, and monitor the evolution of each signal. By adopting the experimental device of the invention, it is possible to directly observe the destabilization process and characteristics of faults at different scales.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of fault instability simulation, in particular to an experimental device for the multi-scale instability process of a multi-sub-fault system. Background technique [0002] The sudden release of stored energy in the Earth's crust drives the destabilizing failure of the fault, which results in an earthquake. Faults in actual nature are usually composed of many sub-faults, and each sub-fault has its own corresponding characteristics and surrounding rocks. Numerous sub-faults and their surrounding rocks constitute the entire fault zone system, and the entire fault zone system has its surrounding surrounding rocks, forming a multi-scale system. The sliding instability of a single slider represents the instability and failure of a single sub-fault, while actual earthquakes are often the instability of multiple sub-faults, and the instability of a single sub-fault corresponds to only a small local event. Therefor...

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Problems solved by technology

However, at present, there is no device for testing the entire fault system with multiple sub-faults and their respective surrounding rocks, and it is impossible to realize the multi-scale instability process experiment of multi-sub-fault systems

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