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Date submitted2023-05-19
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Date accepted2024-03-05
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Date published2024-08-26
Development and research of backfill compounds with improved elastic and strength properties for oil and gas well lining
This article describes operations from the well construction cycle where the cement rock behind the casing is subjected to dynamic action (impacts of the drill stem during drilling and normalization of the cement sleeve, secondary drilling operations, hydraulic fracturing, etc.). The developed cement mortar compositions were tested following API 10B-2, API 10B-6, API STD-65-2, and GOST 28985-91 standards. The composition of the cement system without the use of imported components (CM-5) was developed, which improved elastic and strength properties compared to existing industry solutions. An improvement in the elastic and strength features and technological properties of cement rock when using epoxy resins was identified, the optimal composition of the cement-and-epoxy grout was determined, and the internal structure of the formed backfill rock, its permeability, and porosity were studied.
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Date submitted2020-07-27
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Date accepted2021-03-30
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Date published2021-06-24
New data on the granite pedestal of the monument to Peter the Great “The Bronze Horseman” in Saint Petersburg
In order to expand and popularize knowledge about the stone decoration of Saint Petersburg, we present new data on the mineralogy and petrography of the famous Thunder-Stone, the parts of which were the basis for the monument to Peter the Great – the legendary “Bronze Horseman”. In the course of studying geological documentation of the monument's granite base, we examined the mineral composition and internal structure of granite, as well as the fragments of a pegmatite vein and veinlets found in it. 25 single-mineral samples were collected from the available micro-scaled shear fractures within the pedestal surface and studied by electron microscopy, electron probe and X-ray phase analysis. It was established that K-Na feldspar in the granite composition was represented by microcline, whereas micas were represented by annite-siderophyllite and muscovite. Accessory minerals included monazite, xenotime, thorite, zircon, rutile, apatite, fluorite, Ti-, Nb-, Ta-bearing minerals, uranium phosphates. The presence of topaz is characteristic of pegmatites. The revealed structural and textural features of four granite boulders in the monument pedestal, as well as mineralogical and chemical composition of their rock-forming and accessory minerals, showed the similarity of this rock to Precambrian biotite-muscovite granites and topaz-containing pegmatites (stockscheiders) of the late formation phase of the Vyborg rapakivi granite massif. The research results are considered as the basis for further geological and mineralogical study of the Thunder-Stone origin and determining the place of its separation from the primary source.
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Date submitted2015-10-17
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Date accepted2015-12-19
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Date published2016-08-22
Improving the retention of minerals in the course of separating monolith from bedrock with the use of gas generator cartridges
- Authors:
- G. P. Paramonov
- V. N. Kovalevskii
- Peter Mozer
Results are presented on the effect of firing rate on pressure pulse in charge camera and fracture stress during spalling. Results are presented of comparative calculations using the equations of autocatalytic reactions of firing rates and escape of reaction products for the system of sodium chlorate - polythene (propylene) in pipe shape. Dependences are obtained of firing rate on concentration of gas generating mixture, its density, components size distribution and cartridge case size. Experimental and computational data were used to consider the conditions of firing turning into explosion for compositions based on sodium chlorate and hydrocarbons in layered and powdered systems. The relation is retrieved between the technological parameters of mining activities (blast hole to blast hole distance, blast hole diameter, depth of cartridge placement) and specific cartridge consumption along the spalling line with gas generators going off.
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Date submitted2009-08-07
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Date accepted2009-10-23
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Date published2010-02-01
Technology of associative representations in training of athletes the techniques of throwing curling stones
- Authors:
- E. A. Izotov
Curling has gained wide acceptance and spread, and a number of studies devoted to it. Researching of the methodological features of teaching and training athletes are held to find new means of improving their skills. Ideomotor training – one of such means. It is a very effective means of preparing athletes for competition. Application ideomotor training in the training process contributes to improve of the many techniques of throwing curling stones.
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Date submitted2008-10-24
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Date accepted2008-12-01
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Date published2009-12-11
History and prospects for the development of the karelian isthmus facing stone mineral base
- Authors:
- A. Y. Tutakova
The prerequisites for the development of the deposits, the previous studies and the current state of Karelian Isthmus facing stone sources as well as their comparison with those of other regions of Northwestern Federal Districts of Russia are considered. The objects for top-priority geological prospecting are determined.