EP0102672A1 - Transmissionssystem für Bodenuntersuchung - Google Patents

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EP0102672A1
EP0102672A1 EP83201253A EP83201253A EP0102672A1 EP 0102672 A1 EP0102672 A1 EP 0102672A1 EP 83201253 A EP83201253 A EP 83201253A EP 83201253 A EP83201253 A EP 83201253A EP 0102672 A1 EP0102672 A1 EP 0102672A1
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Karel Jacobus Albertus Boesten
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/02—Couplings; joints
    • E21B17/028—Electrical or electro-magnetic connections
    • E21B17/0285—Electrical or electro-magnetic connections characterised by electrically insulating elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D1/00—Investigation of foundation soil in situ
    • E02D1/02—Investigation of foundation soil in situ before construction work
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R31/00—Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart

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  • the invention relates to a soil examination transmission system for electrically connecting a measuring head, being driven into the soil to signal processing means, such as measuring and recording means, said measuring head transforming soil nature data into electrical signals, said transmission system consisting of mainly aligned pipes placed one on top of the other and extending between the measuring head and the signal processing means, as well as an electrical conductor system running through said aligned pipes.
  • a sounding cone In case of sounding a sounding cone is pressed into the soil, which cone at its front end comprises a conical end surface with a standarized top angle of 60° and a base surface area of 1000 mm .
  • a sounding method may operate mechanically and electrically.
  • the pressure is measured, acting on an interior pin in order to press the sounding cone stepwise into the soil. This produces a cone resistance value.
  • the said pin is surrounded by a tube, which is pressed after each time the pin has pressed the sounding cone over a certain distance into the soil.
  • the pressure necessary to press this tube downwards is a measure for the so-called total friction over the entire length of the tube. The local friction cannot be ascertained by this method.
  • the steel tube is used only in order to press the sounding cone downwards.
  • An electrical cable runs through this tube, connecting the electrical means in the measuring head, also forming the sounding cone, to the electrical measuring and recording means, generally housed in a sounding van at the surface near the measuring location.
  • Tensile strain gages are generally used in this measuring head, which strain gages convert into electrical signals, the mechanical deformations caused by the forces acting on the measuring cone and its side surface upon pressing this cone into the soil by means of the tube.
  • the said electrical signals are supplied to the measuring and recording means by the electrical cable. Also by means of this electrical cable it is fed the supply voltage for powering the electrical circuits in the measuring head and for the tensile strain gages.
  • the tube by means of which the measuring head/sounding cone is pressed into the soil consists of a large number of stacked pipes.
  • the usual pipes are of a length of 1 meter and a maximum depth of the sounding cone of 20 meter is no exception. This maximum depth has to be estimated previously, after which an electrical cable having the necessary length has to be guided successively through the estimated number of pipes laid ready, for connection to the sounding cone.
  • the pipes do not remain aligned upon pressing into the soil, there is a large possibility of calbe damage and even cable core rupture.
  • Sound transmission is possible through the air in the tube or through the tube wall.
  • This has the disadvantage that the sound attenuation is dependent on different conditions, which not always can be predicted and therefore can not be taken into account in the data processing.
  • Such conditions are for instance air humidity, temperature, and tube wall material.
  • sound transmission interference is easily possible, for instance by external noise sources, such as engines, pumps, labour noise and even speech noise of personal and radios. This limits the sound transmission to a small sound frequency spectrum.
  • battery power supply is necessary then, using a battery in the measuring head, which battery eventually will become exhausted and also needs space in the measuring head, which now cannot be used for other circuits, bearing in mind that these measuring heads generally are of relatively small dimensions.
  • Micro waves require very particular conditions, which not easily can be fulfilled upon soil examination, such as polished tubes, accurate frequencies, polished contact surfaces, whilst also a battery has to be installed in the measuring head.
  • each pipe it is mounted preferably coaxially an electrically conducting pin, said pin being electrically insulated from said electrically conducting pipe and having at its ends electrical contact means for the pins in the adjacent pipes and having such length that upon placing the pipes one on top of the other all pins in all pipes electrically contact one another.
  • the signal transmission from measuring head to the measuring and recording means now will take place by the serially connected pin conductors or by these pin conductors in combination with the tube formed by the stacked pipes surrounding the pins.
  • This transmission can take place for instance in the form of a high frequency carrier wave, modulated by the measuring signals.
  • the power supply of the measuring circuits in the measuring head also can take place through the pin conductors and the tube wall, using direct current or alternating current.
  • the transmission system of the present invention will assure under all conditions a good electrical connection with the measuring head.
  • By pressing the measuring head / sounding cone in the soil by the pipes the used force will remove dust and oxydation layers from the electrical contact surfaces or will break off these layers, so that there will be always a low transmission resistance.
  • a pipe- pin construction is extremely sturdy, also for storing and transport. The construction can be easily made self-centering and allows a very fast and reliable operation compared with the above said electrical method in which an uninterrupted cable previously has to be guided through all separate pipes. Now a distance of more than 30 m can be bridged without intermediate electrical amplification. As a matter of course no battery needs to be installed in the measuring head.
  • each pin is maintained movable in its longitudinal axial direction within a pipe by means of a sleeve of electrically insulating material, which sleeve closely surrounds said pin and which outer surface is held by the pipe inner surface. At least one ring can be placed around each pin, which ring will prevent said pin from sliding out of said sleeve.
  • each pin preferably comprises one end having an inner axial bore which conically narrows from said pin end and one end having a rounded off and split tip, conically decreasing in diameter towards said pin end.
  • the pins may consist of stainless steel or copper, but also of an electrically conducting plastic or carbon.
  • One of the main requirements is that no unbreakable oxyd layer can be formed on the contact surfaces.
  • Figure 1 shows schematically the embodiment of a transmission system of the present invention upon use in soil examination
  • Figure 2 shows a longitudinal cross-section of an embodiment of a pipe, comprising a coaxial pin for the transmission system of the present invention.
  • reference number 1 refers to a schematic section of a total transmission system of the present invention, comprising separate, stacked pipes 2, which in this practical embodiment each may be of a length of 1 meter. These pipes 2 are pressed from above into the soil by means of the pushing head 3, by tools not shown. At the lower end of the pipe assembly forming the transmission system there is shown the connected measuring head 4 with sounding cone 5. The cross-section of figure 1 also shows different earth layers, passed by the transmission system.
  • Each pipe 2 comprises a coaxial pin 6, kept in place by a schematically shown tube 7 of electrically insulating material.
  • Each pin comprises a conical end and a counter conical end, forming contact surfaces but also forming the means for keeping these pins mechanically aligned upon pressing the measuring head 4 into the soil.
  • these pipe ends also are suitably conically machined.
  • the pushing head 3 comprises a connector for a plug 8 for connecting a cable 9, leading to the measuring and recording means in the casing 10.
  • this casing 10 will be installed in a sounding van, which also comprises the means for driving the measuring head 4 into the soil through the pushing head 3.
  • FIG. 2 shows a longitudinal cross-section of an embodiment of one of the pipes in figure 1.
  • This pipe 2 comprises in this embodiment a relatively thick pipe wall, on the inner surface of which it is applied an electrically insulated lining 11, covering the whole cilindrical inner surface of pipe 2.
  • an electrically insulated lining 11 covering the whole cilindrical inner surface of pipe 2.
  • the steel pin 6 is shown, kept in place by an electrically insulating sleeve 7.
  • a resilient ring 12 is applied, which keeps this pin 6 in position within pipe 2.
  • the weight of pin 6 gives sufficient contact pressure between the succeeding pins 6.
  • a pressure spring is used in the pushing head 3, which presses the contact within this pushing head 3 on the upper contact end of the first underlaying pin and, moreover, will give sufficient contact pressure for lower contact surfaces between the succeeding pins.
  • the weight of the stacked pins will contribute to a good electrical contact.
  • an extern (13) and intern (14) conical contact surface is formed, respectively.
  • the conical inner surface 14 will receive the conical outer surface 13 of the foregoing pipe 2, so that these pipes remain as much as possible aligned upon pressing into the soil.
  • a part of a pin 6 can be mounted in the pushing head 3 as well as in the measuring head 4 .
  • this part may consist of a lower half of pin 6 in figure 2 having a conical bore 18, whilst in the measuring head 4 the pin portion may consist of an upper half of pin 6 having a conically rounded off tip 16.
  • tensile strain gages are used, measuring the deformations of predetermined surfaces, e.g. the surface of the sounding cone 5, by means of which the point pressure can be ascertained and the surface of the sides of the measuring heads 4 by means of which the local friction can be measured.
  • These tensile strain gages preferably form part of an electrical bridge circuit, by means of which the resistance variation as a function of their elongation can be measured.
  • the tensile strain gages may be powered by direct current, however, in connection with drift alternating current is preferred. This alternating current can be supplied to the measuring head 4 through the transmission system of the present invention, but also can be generated in the measuring head 4 by means of a direct current supply, for the supply of which also pins 6 and pipes 2 can be used.
  • the tensile strain gages may be change e.g. the frequency by changing their impedance.
  • measuring frequencies are used preferably for the modulation of a high frequency carrier wave, which also can be generated within the measuring head 4.
  • a high frequency carrier wave which also can be generated within the measuring head 4.
  • modulation use can be made of amplitude modulation and frequency modulation, which last way of modulation is preferred because frequency modulation is more interference proof.
  • the transmission system of the present invention can be seen as a coaxial high frequency transmission cable or as a long line having a certain impedance.
  • This impedance and mutual capacity as well as self- induction can be derived from the dimensions of the pipes 2 and pins 6.
  • a capacitive impedance of 0.85 nF is obtained for frequencies between 1 kHz and 2 MHz. Therefore each pipe section operates as a capacitor.
  • interfering voltages may be generated by variations of resistance and capacity by vibrations upon pressing the transmission channel into the soil. These interfering voltages can be seen as side bands of the carrier wave. These side bands can be blocked by means of suitable filters, so that the side bands do not influence the measuring procedure. Because the transmission channel is coaxial, the influence of external electrical and magnetic fields will be very small. In order to avoid transmission resistances between the pins by oxydation the pin ends may be chrom- plated, however, also use can be made of stainless steel or copper pins.
  • these pins can be made from electrically conducting plastic material or may consist of a plastic pin, in which a conductor is inbedded.
  • This plastic pin should contain contact means at its ends.
  • the pin ends, having bare contact means, may be inbedded in a soft resilient plastic material, not interfering the contact pressure between opposite stacked bare pin contacts. Because of the specific characteristics of carbon the pins also can be made of this material.
EP83201253A 1982-08-31 1983-08-30 Transmissionssystem für Bodenuntersuchung Expired EP0102672B1 (de)

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GB2203602A (en) * 1987-03-26 1988-10-19 British Petroleum Co Plc Pipe containing conductor with connector at each end
EP0296788A2 (de) * 1987-06-24 1988-12-28 Framo Developments (U.K.) Limited Elektrische Leitungseinrichtung für Rohrsysteme
EP1331359A1 (de) * 2002-01-29 2003-07-30 Ingenjörsfirman Geotech Ab Sondierungsvorrichtung mit Mikrowellenübertragung
WO2020222755A1 (en) * 2019-04-29 2020-11-05 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Electrical connector for oil and gas applications
CN115030236A (zh) * 2022-05-25 2022-09-09 中国矿业大学(北京) 一种隧道多台阶压坡脚式弃渣场动态监测与控制方法
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US2531120A (en) * 1947-06-02 1950-11-21 Harry L Feaster Well-drilling apparatus
US3866678A (en) * 1973-03-15 1975-02-18 Texas Dynamatics Apparatus for employing a portion of an electrically conductive fluid flowing in a pipeline as an electrical conductor
DE2545692A1 (de) * 1975-10-11 1977-04-14 Dornier System Gmbh Bohreinrichtung, insbesondere tiefbohreinrichtung
FR2359358A1 (fr) * 1976-07-23 1978-02-17 Ferodo Sa Dispositif de connecteur

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US2531120A (en) * 1947-06-02 1950-11-21 Harry L Feaster Well-drilling apparatus
US3866678A (en) * 1973-03-15 1975-02-18 Texas Dynamatics Apparatus for employing a portion of an electrically conductive fluid flowing in a pipeline as an electrical conductor
DE2545692A1 (de) * 1975-10-11 1977-04-14 Dornier System Gmbh Bohreinrichtung, insbesondere tiefbohreinrichtung
FR2359358A1 (fr) * 1976-07-23 1978-02-17 Ferodo Sa Dispositif de connecteur

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GB2203602A (en) * 1987-03-26 1988-10-19 British Petroleum Co Plc Pipe containing conductor with connector at each end
GB2203602B (en) * 1987-03-26 1990-11-14 British Petroleum Co Plc Electrical cable assembly
EP0296788A2 (de) * 1987-06-24 1988-12-28 Framo Developments (U.K.) Limited Elektrische Leitungseinrichtung für Rohrsysteme
EP0296788A3 (en) * 1987-06-24 1990-04-18 Framo Developments (U.K.) Limited Electrical conductor arrangements for pipe system
US4953636A (en) * 1987-06-24 1990-09-04 Framo Developments (Uk) Limited Electrical conductor arrangements for pipe system
EP1331359A1 (de) * 2002-01-29 2003-07-30 Ingenjörsfirman Geotech Ab Sondierungsvorrichtung mit Mikrowellenübertragung
WO2003064816A1 (en) * 2002-01-29 2003-08-07 Ingenjörsfirman Geotech AB Probing device with microwave transmission
US6719068B2 (en) 2002-01-29 2004-04-13 Ingenjorsfirman Geotech Ab Probing device with microwave transmission
WO2020222755A1 (en) * 2019-04-29 2020-11-05 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Electrical connector for oil and gas applications
US11199055B2 (en) 2019-04-29 2021-12-14 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Electrical connector for oil and gas applications
DE102022201173A1 (de) 2022-02-03 2023-08-03 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung eingetragener Verein Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Drucksondierung von Böden
CN115030236A (zh) * 2022-05-25 2022-09-09 中国矿业大学(北京) 一种隧道多台阶压坡脚式弃渣场动态监测与控制方法

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