• Land and Housing Review
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.261-269
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• 2016

Pipe-roof method is one of the mostly used method to prevent the ground subsidence during the tunnel construction. As pipe-roof method has made technical advancement and performance improvement, it suggested to utilize pipe-roof to a permanent support system rather than a temporal pre-reinforcing method. Therefore, in this study, pipe-roof method is numerically simulated using finite element method to evaluate effects of pipe-roof on behavior of ground and structure. Analyses are performed considering two major conditions that are with and without the application of pipe-roof and the shape of tunnel cross section. The results are presented with respect to variation of settlement and vertical stress distribution. Based on this results, it is found that ground settlement above the shallow tunnel can be considerably reduced by application of pipe-roof system. Also, the shape of tunnel cross section can influence on the mechanical behavior of ground and structure.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.1585-1592
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• 2008

산업사회의 발전에 따라 사회 기반시설분야도 복잡다양해지고 특히 도시기능이 활발해지면서 지금의 도심지에는 지하철, 상수도, 하수도, 전력구, 통신구, 지하보차도, 지하상가, 지하주차장 등 여러 가지 용도의 지하공간이 요구되고 있으며, 이러한 지하 구조물을 축조하는데 있어 도로상에 차량 증가로 인한 교통 혼잡이나, 지하매설물의 장애로 인하여 기존의 개착식 공법으로 시행하지 못하고 지하터널공사로 시행하는 경우가 빈번하다. 기존 국내 외 터널공법 관련문헌과 현재 사용되는 터널공법의 실제 시공에 관한 정보를 수집하여 장 단점, 시공시 주의사항, 적용조건등의 조사내용을 바탕으로 RPS 공법을 고안하였다. 소규모 지하구조물을 구축하기 위한 RPS 공법은 출발갱내에서 상부에 파이프 루프를 시공한 후 광폭 유압 패널이 장착된 철제 선도관을 추진시켜 선도관을 원압잭에 의하여 압입한 후 P.C. 콘크리트 구조물을 거치하고 원압으로 압입 추진토록 하였다. 또한, 대규모 지하구조물 축조시에는 구조물 예정상단부에 지반조건에 따라 파이프 루프공법 또는 소구경 Semi-Shield 공법을 이용하여 루프를 시공함으로써 상부의 침하를 방지하고, 측벽은 광폭유압 패널을 이용하여 여굴의 최소화 및 곡선부 시공을 용이하게 하였다.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.455-468
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• 2013

In recent, various types of steel pipe-roof methods, which is reinforced by mortar after propulsion of steel pipe into the ground, have been used for the construction of trenchless underpass. Integrated steel pipe-roof has flexural stiffness and can resist against overburden load and reduce the stress acting on the concrete underpass structures. Due to arching effect, vertical and horizontal stress distribution around the steel pipe-roof is changing. In this study, therefore, the characteristic of stress distribution around the underpass induced by the construction of integrated steel pipe-roof is investigated by using numerical method. To examine the soil-structure interaction, interface element is introduced. Results show that vertical stress acting on the concrete structure placing inside the steel pipe-roof is significantly reduced due to arching effect and flexural stiffness of integrated steel pipe-roof. Design load can be reduced and effective design of underpass will be available if the earth pressure reduction due to arching effect is considered in the design stage.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.377-387
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• 2016

In recent, in case that the underpass is constructed by trenchless method, its stability increases by reinforcing steel pipe with re-bar and mortar after propulsion into the ground to form pipe-roof. Therefore, it can be predicted that the integrated pipe-roof decreases the stress acting on the underpass by sharing load. In this study, to analyze the effect of integrated pipe-roof and behavior of stress around underpass, experimental tests for the rectangular and arch cross section of the underpass are performed using soil chamber. As a result, stress and strain acting on the underpass decrease due to sharing load by integrated pipe-roof. This phenomenon is more pronounced by increasing the stiffness of pipe-roof. Furthermore it can be expected that cross-section of underpass can be economically designed.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.513-522
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• 2015

This study is to confirm the effect of pre-installed pipe-roof by measuring earth pressure acting on the underpass. In recently developed trenchless methods pre-inserted steel pipes before ground excavation to form pipe-roof are connected each other with re-bars and filled with mortar. In this study, focusing on the Upgraded Pipe Roof Structure method (UPRS) and Front-Jacking, earth pressure around pipe-roof is measured after insertion of steel pipe to ensure the effect of earth pressure reduction. In case of the UPRS earth pressure is considerably reduced because of the reinforced effect of pipe-roof. In case of the Front-Jacking in which the whole underpass structure is pushed into the ground, earth pressure is not reduced as expected, because the pre-installed pipes are not needed to be reinforced.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.57-71
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• 2018

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.207-216
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• 2002

Conventional Korean tunnel portals require a lot of overburden. For stability reasons, about 1.5 to 2.0 times the tunnel diameter is needed for the height in order to achieve a sufficient arching effect. Thus, considerable movement of earth and support constructions are required which lead to undesirably large changes of and damage to the environment. With a massively designed pipe roof, tunnels at low overburden can be built. To effectively construct pipe roof as an advanced safeguarding method, the following properties are indispensable: stability, insensitivity to settling and drilling accuracy. A new pipe roof method, AT-casing system, has been developed which on the one hand entirely combines the properties mentioned above, and which on the other hand permits the construction of safe, economical and environmentally friendly tunnels at low overburden heights of 3 to 5m.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.546-551
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• 2001

We analysed the affection to subgrade that railway underground crossing construction make with studying displacement of subgrade of each construction methods and processing of Front jacking method and Pipe roof method with already-measured data(during the construction) and additionally-measured field test data in railway underground crossing construction. We measured vertical and horizontal displacement at two construction places of front jacking method and pipe roof method each, and we analysed the results of the measurement at each stage of construction to applied to the excution of construction.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.543-560
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• 2018

With the increased development in downtown underground space facilities that vertically cross under a railway at a shallow depth, the demand for non-open cut method is increasing. However, most construction sites still adopt the pipe roof method, where medium and large diameter steel pipes are pressed in to form a roof, enabling excavation of the inside space. Among the many factors that influence the loosening region and loads that occur while pressing in steel pipes, the size of the pipe has the largest impact, and this factor may correspond to the magnitude of load applied to the underground structure inside the steel pipe roof. The super equilibrium method (SEM) has been developed to minimize ground disturbance and loosening load, and uses small diameter pipes of approximately 114 mm instead of conventional medium and large diameter pipes. This small diameter steel pipe is called an SEM pile. After SEM piles are pressed in and the grouting reinforcement is constructed, a crossing structure is pressed in by using a hydraulic jack without ground subsidence or heaving. The SEM pile, which plays the role of timbering, is a fore-poling pile of approximately 5 m length that prevents ground collapse and supports surface load during excavation of toe part. The loosening region should be adequately calculated to estimate the spacing and construction length of the piles and stiffness of members. In this paper, we conducted a comparative analysis of calculations of loosening load that occurs during the press-in of SEM pile to obtain an optimal design of SEM. We analyzed the influence of factors in main theoretical and empirical formulas applied for calculating loosening regions, and carried out FEM analysis to see an appropriate loosening load to the SEM pile. In order to estimate the soil loosening caused by actual SEM-pile indentation and excavation, a steel pipe indentation reduction model test was conducted. Soil subsidence and soil loosening were investigated quantitatively according to soil/steel pipe (H/D).

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.247-260
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• 2002

This paper presents the design case of the 3-arch tunnel under Daejeon railroad station building. The original construction method was the underpinning method supported by pipe-roof, but it was changed to the mined tunnelling method because of the complex construction condition and the safety problem. This 3-arch tunnel has a width of 28 meters and a height of 10 meters. Overburden is only 23m and the ground around the tunnel is a weathered rock. The allowable settlements for the station building and some railroads are very strict. Accordingly, various measurements for the tunnel stability and the settlement minimization was applied and they were reviewed by 2-D and 3-D numerical analysis.