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Favorable driving direction of double shield TBM in deep mixed rock strata: Numerical investigations to reduce shield entrapment

  • Wen, Sen (School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Henan University) ;
  • Zhang, Chunshun (Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University) ;
  • Zhang, Ya (School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Henan University)
  • Received : 2017.07.11
  • Accepted : 2019.01.22
  • Published : 2019.02.28
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Abstract

In deep mixed rock strata, a double shield TBM (DS-TBM) is easy to be entrapped by a large force during tunneling. In order to reduce the probability of the entrapment, we need to investigate a favorable driving direction, either driving with or against dip, which mainly associates with the angle between the tunneling axis and strike, ${\theta}$, as well as the dip angle of rock strata, ${\alpha}$. We, therefore, establish a 3DEC model to show the changes of displacements and contact forces in mixed rock strata through LDP (longitudinal displacement profile) and LFP (longitudinal contact force profile) curves at four characteristic points on the surrounding rock. This is followed by a series of numerical models to investigate the favorable driving direction. The computational results indicate driving with dip is the favorable tunneling direction to reduce the probability of DS-TBM entrapment, irrespective of ${\theta}$ and ${\alpha}$, which is not in full agreement with the guidelines proposed in RMR. From the favorable driving direction (i.e., driving with dip), the smallest contact force is found when ${\theta}$ is equal to $90^{\circ}$. The present study is therefore beneficial for route selection and construction design in TBM tunneling.

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Supported by : China National Natural Science Foundation

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