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The contact loads inversion between surrounding rock and primary support based on dynamic deformation curve of a deep-buried tunnel with flexible primary support in consideration

  • Jian Zhou (Department of Civil Engineering, Hangzhou City University) ;
  • Yunliang Cui (Department of Civil Engineering, Hangzhou City University) ;
  • Xinan Yang (The Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Tongji University) ;
  • Mingjie Ma (The Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Tongji University) ;
  • Luheng Li (The Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Tongji University)
  • Received : 2023.10.08
  • Accepted : 2024.02.28
  • Published : 2024.03.25
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Abstract

The contact pressure between the surrounding rock and the support is an important indicator of the surrounding rock pressure. There has been a bottleneck in the prediction of contact loads between surrounding rock and primary support in deep-buried mountain tunnels. The main reason is that a reliable method wasn't existed to quantify the contact loads. This study had been taken into account the flexible support role of the primary support, and the fitting curve of surrounding rock deformation for dynamic tunnel construction was proposed. New formulas for the calculation of contact loads between surrounding rock and primary support were obtained by inversion. Comparative analysis of the calculation results with numerical simulation verified the reliability of the calculation method in this study. It can be seen from the analyses that the contact load between surrounding rock and primary support increases, remains unchanged and decreases during acceleration, uniform velocity and deceleration, respectively, and the deformation of the surrounding rock in the acceleration and deceleration stages cannot completely converted into contact loads. The contact loads between surrounding rock and primary support of medium-strength and weak surrounding rock tunnels are generally within 150 kPa and 1 MPa, respectively. For tunnels with weak surrounding rock, advanced support can be installed to reduce the unique release coefficient λ0 and the value of the constant D, with the purpose of reducing the contact loads between surrounding rock and primary support. Changes in support parameters have a small effect on the contact loads between surrounding rock and primary support, but increase or decrease the safety factor, resulting in a waste of resources or a situation that threatens the safety of the support. The results of this research provide guidance for the prediction of contact loads between surrounding rock and primary support for dynamic tunnel construction.

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Acknowledgement

This study is sponsored by the Scientific Research Project of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education (Y202351526) and Scientific Research Project of Zhejiang Provincial Transportation Department (2021050). The financial supports are greatly appreciated.

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