The present invention relates to an experimental apparatus for researching characteristics of subsea tunnel at bottom of seabed under wave, comprising main control system, wave making test system, rock and soil confining pressure test system and water level regulation test system, wherein a bottom of the rock and soil confining pressure test system is connected with the water level regulation test system; a bottom of the wave making test system is connected with the rock and soil confining pressure test system; and all test systems are electrically connected with the main control system. The experimental apparatus, when being small, may simulate the situation of the subsea tunnel under a nonlinear complex wave, may consider the common action of the seabed and the wave, and may regulate water levels and soil pressures, having perfect functions and effectively exploring the effect of various aspects on the subsea tunnel.

To provide an erosion characteristics database and a method for constructing the same, an erosion prediction method and an erosion prediction system using the database for predicting a widespread erosion amount of a fluid machine or the like in a short time without the need for an operation of a model machine or an actual machine. A method for predicting erosion of a fluid machine surface due to cavitation, the method including: calculating erosion intensity distribution in each area of the fluid machine surface from cavitation flow field characteristics obtained using cavitation CFD in a flow path formed by the fluid machine; determining radius distribution and center position distribution of a representative sphere and the number of shape deformations by the representative sphere for assuming an erosion surface having a porous surface property based on the erosion intensity distribution; determining a fluid machine surface to be predicted as an approximate erosion surface; and calculating a shape after deformation of the approximate erosion surface based on the radius distribution and the center position of the representative sphere and the number of shape deformations by the representative sphere.

A supercritical CO2 reactor and a test system of creepage, diffusion and erosion of rock mass. The supercritical CO2 reactor includes a reactor body having a test chamber, a heating layer arranged in a side wall of the reactor body, a temperature sensor and a pressure sensor arranged in the test chamber, a sealing cover configured to seal an opening of the reactor body, a fixing component arranged on the sealing cover, a hydraulic loading component configured to apply an axial load on the specimen. The reactor body is provided with an air inlet/outlet pipe configured to communicate the test chamber with external environment. The air inlet/outlet pipe is provided with a air valve, and the fixing component includes vertical guide bars, an upper pad and a lower pad slideably arranged on the vertical guide bars. The hydraulic loading component includes a oil-loading tank and an axial loading rod.

The present invention improves the precision in observing cracks in rocks during a hydraulic fracturing test, improving a scientific understanding of the regular pattern of development cracks in of hydraulically fractured rocks. The technical solution includes: hydraulically fracturing the rock with aqueous solutions containing an interventional contrast-enhanced agent, forming hydraulically fractured cracks, wherein the difference in a mass attenuation coefficient / of x-rays between the cracks and the rock is improved by the interventional contrast-enhanced agent in the cracks, moreover, the difference in mass energy absorption coefficient .sub.en/ of x-rays between the cracks and the rock is improved, then the linear attenuation coefficient of the reception of the detector is changed, improving the imaging resolution for hydraulically fractured cracks in the rock.

A system for measuring corrosion and corrosion-erosion rates in a high temperature, high pressure multiphase dynamic environment includes a plurality of ring-shaped test coupons disposed within a test vessel in a vertical arrangement relative to one another. A test fluid mixture is added to the vessel and the temperature and pressure are maintained such that the mixture exists in a multiphase condition that has a vertical stratification such that each test coupon is exposed to a different phase and/or combination of phases of the fluid. Impellers can be used to stir the fluid to provide a dynamic environment. The fluid can include particulate matter to simulate real world test conditions. Separator plates can be disposed at different vertical locations within the vessel to maintain separation between various phases of the fluids and further restrict particulate matter from migrating between sections of the test system.

An apparatus and methods for testing components under force is described herein. The apparatus comprises cap bolts that may be tightened to exert a measurable, constant force upon a lever arm that rotates about a fulcrum. The lever arm pushes down upon a push rod, to exert a force upon a test piece in an insertion well, which may be filled with fluid. The fulcrum may be positioned, such that the force from the cap bolt gives a magnifying, or a diluting force, upon the push rod.

The present disclosure provides a continuous launcher including a pressing tube having a first hollow portion therein, a launch unit having a second hollow portion therein, disposed at a front side of the pressing tube in a spaced manner, and launching a launch object using air compression force, a piston supply unit provided at a rear side surface of the pressing tube, including a plurality of pistons therein, and supplying the pistons one by one, a piston loading unit connected to a rear end of the pressing tube, and moving the piston to a load position, and an operating fluid supply unit supplying an operating fluid to press forward the piston, wherein the launch unit includes a launch tube having a launch hollow portion with the launch object therein, and a diaphragm.

A method for enhanced interventional imaging for cracks, improving the precision in observing cracks in rock hydraulic fracturing test, benefiting for scientifically understanding regular pattern of development of hydraulically fractured cracks in rocks. The technical solution comprises: hydraulically fracturing the rock with aqueous solutions containing nanoscale interventional contrast-enhanced agent which has a high atomic number; forming hydraulically fractured cracks, wherein the difference in mass attenuation coefficient / of x-ray between the cracks and the rock is improved by the interventional contrast-enhanced agent in the cracks, moreover, the difference in mass energy absorption coefficient .sub.en/ of x-ray between the cracks and the rock is improved, then the linear attenuation coefficient of the reception of detector is changed, improving the imaging resolution for hydraulically fractured cracks in the rock.

A method for testing for hydrogen embrittlement, including mounting a container around a steel alloy test specimen, the container having a closed bottom below a notched area on the test specimen and an open upper end above the notched area; applying a tensile load to the test specimen and sustaining the load for a selected duration to incubate potential hydrogen embrittlement cracks with a sub-critical flaw size if sufficient hydrogen in dangerous levels is present in the test specimen; then, while sustaining the load, dispensing a cryogenic fluid into the container, immersing and chilling the notched area, reducing the sub-critical flaw size for any hydrogen embrittlement cracks incubated; and with the sustained load, fracturing the notched area if the sub-critical flaw size of any hydrogen embrittlement cracks incubated reaches a critical flaw size.

An erosion test apparatus includes a combustor configured to obtain a combustion gas by mixing and combusting compressed air and a fuel, and an erodent supply unit configured to supply an erodent to the combustion gas. The erosion test apparatus further includes an accommodation support unit configured to accommodate and support a test piece having a front surface coated through thermal barrier coating, and an accelerator configured to accelerate the combustion gas including the erodent to collide with the test piece.