IP Library Granted Patent US 11,828,162
Granted Patent B2
US 11,828,162 · App. 17/401,329 · Granted Nov 28, 2023

Arrangement device for integrated sensors at deep position of sliding mass and monitoring method

Inventors: Junrong Zhang (Wuhan, CN); Huiming Tang (Wuhan, CN); Yongquan Zhang (Wuhan, CN); Changdong Li (Wuhan, CN); Chengyuan Lin (Wuhan, CN); Qinwen Tan (Wuhan, CN); Shu Zhang (Wuhan, CN); Xuexue Su (Wuhan, CN)
Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (WUHAN)
E21B47/01E21B23/14E21B47/092
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Patent No.
US 11,828,162
App. No.
17/401,329
Granted
Nov 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A casing pipe extends in a vertical direction and is configured to be lowered into a borehole, and a mounting hole penetrates a side wall of the casing pipe; a push body is mounted in the mounting hole, a push groove is provided in one side, facing an interior of the casing pipe, of the push body, a flexible body is attached to an inner side wall of the casing pipe, one end of the flexible body is connected to the push body, the other end thereof is located in the casing pipe, and a sensor is mounted on the flexible body; and a propelling portion is connected to a driving mechanism and configured to be lowered to a position, opposite the push groove, in the borehole, and the driving mechanism drives the propelling portion to move towards the push groove.

Claims (19)

1. An arrangement device for integrated sensors at a deep position of a sliding mass, comprising:

a monitor comprising a casing pipe and a sensor integrated probe, wherein the casing pipe extends in a vertical direction and is configured to be lowered into a borehole, and a mounting hole penetrates a side wall of the casing pipe; and the sensor integrated probe comprises a push body and a flexible body, the push body being mounted in the mounting hole, a push groove being provided in one side, facing an interior of the casing pipe, of the push body, the flexible body being attached to an inner side wall of the casing pipe, one end of the flexible body being connected to the push body, the other end thereof being located in the casing pipe, and a sensor being mounted on the flexible body; and

a monitor arrangement system comprising an arrangement probe, wherein the arrangement probe comprises a driving mechanism and a propelling portion, the propelling portion being connected to the driving mechanism and configured to be lowered to a position, opposite the push groove, in the borehole, and the driving mechanism driving the propelling portion to move towards the push groove, so as to make the push body and the flexible body penetrate the mounting hole to be pushed into the borehole;

the arrangement probe further comprises a hollow extendable box, a through hole penetrating one side of the extendable box; and

the driving mechanism comprises a driving assembly, the driving assembly comprising a plurality of driving electric motors arranged at intervals one above another and a bending chain, wherein the plurality of driving electric motors are located on an upper side or a lower side of the through hole and mounted on the extendable box, transmission gears are fixed to driving shafts of the driving electric motors and located in the extendable box, one end of the bending chain is located in the through hole and fixedly connected to the propelling portion, the other end thereof meshes with the plurality of transmission gears sequentially, one side, away from the transmission gears, of the bending chain abuts against an inner side wall of the extendable box, the driving electric motors drive the transmission gears to rotate and drive the bending chain to conduct transmission, so as to move one end, located in the through hole, of the bending chain outwards, and to further push the propelling portion to move towards the push groove.

2. The arrangement device according to claim 1 , wherein two arrangement assemblies are provided each is formed by the extendable box and the driving assembly and are symmetrically arranged one above the other, extendable boxes of the two arrangement assemblies are fixedly connected, one ends, located at the through holes, of two bending chains are fixedly connected to the same propelling portion, and two through holes are located in middles of the arrangement assemblies.

3. The arrangement device according to claim 2 , wherein the arrangement probe further comprises a hollow housing, a plurality of arrangement assemblies are fixed in the housing in a circumferential direction of the housing, and a receding hole is provided in a position, opposite the through hole, of the housing.

4. The arrangement device according to claim 1 , wherein a limiting sheet is arranged between every two adjacent transmission gears, arranged adjacent to an inner side of the bending chain, and fixed to the inner side wall of the extendable box; and/or,

one side, away from the transmission gear, of the bending chain is connected to a bending limiting sheet, such that the bending chain may only bend towards one side with the transmission gears.

5. The arrangement device according to claim 1 , further comprising a monitoring system, wherein a flat cable groove extending in a vertical direction penetrates an outer side wall of the casing pipe, a lower end of the flat cable groove extends to the mounting hole, a main flat cable is embedded in the flat cable groove, and a flat cable connector is reserved at a top end of the casing pipe and configured to be connected to the main flat cable and the monitoring system.

6. The arrangement device according to claim 5 , wherein a shaft pipe is mounted in the mounting hole, a winding hub is fixed to the shaft pipe, one end of the shaft pipe is fixedly connected to a side wall of the mounting hole, the other end thereof is spaced from the side wall of the mounting hole, a reserved flat cable is wound around the winding hub, a threading hole penetrates the shaft pipe, a lower end of the main flat cable penetrates into the shaft pipe from the threading hole, penetrates out of the other end of the shaft pipe and is connected to one end of the reserved flat cable, and the other end of the reserved flat cable is electrically connected to the sensor.

7. The arrangement device according to claim 1 , wherein the monitor arrangement system further comprises a traction mechanism, the arrangement probe has a vertical movement stroke, and the traction mechanism is connected to the arrangement probe so as to pull the arrangement probe to move in the vertical direction.

8. The arrangement device according to claim 7 , wherein a Hall sensor is fixed on the arrangement probe, a positioning magnet matching the Hall sensor is arranged on the inner side wall of the casing pipe, and when the propelling portion of the arrangement probe is opposite to the push groove, the Hall sensor is opposite to the positioning magnet and detects a maximum magnetic field intensity.

9. A monitoring method, using the arrangement device according to claim 8 and comprising the following steps:

S1, surveying a surface of the sliding mass, then determining a monitoring position, constructing the borehole at a preset position, lowering the casing pipe, and using the traction mechanism to lower the arrangement probe into the casing pipe;

S2, using the traction mechanism to lift the arrangement probe upwards, wherein when the Hall sensor in the arrangement probe measures the maximum magnetic field intensity, the Hall sensor and the positioning magnet are located at a same height and the through hole of the arrangement probe is opposite to the mounting hole, and temporarily stopping a winch;

S3, using the driving mechanism to drive the push body to move towards the push groove, so as to make the push body and the flexible body penetrate the mounting hole to be pushed into the borehole;

S4, repeating S2 and S3; and

S5, arranging all the sensor integrated probes, and then connecting a main flat cable to a monitoring system by a flat cable connector on the casing pipe.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2021
From: ZHANG, JUNRONG; TANG, HUIMING; ZHANG, YONGQUAN; LI, CHANGDONG; LIN, CHENGYUAN; TAN, XINWEN; ZHANG, SHU; SU, XUEXUE
To: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (WUHAN)
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110699213.8 · Jun 23, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
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