scholarly journals Theoretical prediction of wear of disc cutters in tunnel boring machine and its application

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaohuang Zhang ◽  
Muhammad Aqeel ◽  
Cong Li ◽  
Fei Sun
2013 ◽  
Vol 353-356 ◽  
pp. 1417-1421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Shen ◽  
Yi Min Xia ◽  
Jian Jian Gu ◽  
Yan Chao Tian

According to the actual working condition of the full face hard rock tunnel boring machine (TBM), a 2-D discrete element model for breaking marble by two TBM disc cutters is established, it simulates the whole progress of cracks production and propagation under different confining stress and penetration; based on CSM prediction model, forces of two cutters and specific energy consumptions are calculated to determine the best penetration. The simulating result shows that there are three kinds of breaking modes of marble under different confining stress and penetration; As well as the trend that specific energy consumption decrease first and then increase with the penetration increases, and there is optimal penetration to make specific energy consumption the lowest each confining stress. The optimal penetration and the lowest specific energy consumption are determined when confining stress range from 0 to 40MPa according to the simulation results.


2013 ◽  
Vol 690-693 ◽  
pp. 2484-2489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Zhou ◽  
Chao Wang ◽  
Wei Xian Gao ◽  
Yu Hou Wu

Rock tunnel boring machine is one of the main machineries and equipments for underground engineering, and the failure of tool systems is its main failure form. Rock hob test-bed is the only testing equipment for tool failure and wear. In this paper, the breaking rock by the double disc cutter is simulated and four kinds of rocks are selected to test the influece of rock characteristics and spacing between two disc cutters on the rock breaking by the double disc cutter test-bed. The results show that there is different optimal spacing between two disc cutters for different rock; the optimal spacing is inversely proportional to the hardness of the rocks; the maximum stress appears the boundary between the disc cutter and rock.


2010 ◽  
Vol 102-104 ◽  
pp. 223-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teng Yue Wang ◽  
Ke Zhang ◽  
Hong Sun ◽  
Yu Hou Wu ◽  
Kai Jun Zhao

Full face rock tunnel boring machine (TBM) plays an important role in boring rock of tunnel. The failure of disc cutter is the main reason leading to low efficiency of TBM. In this paper, analysis of force and motion for disc cutter are carried by using ABAQUS to study stress distribution and concentration in disc cutter and rocks. Influence of different rocks on stress in disc cutter is analyzed. By combination the failure modes of disc cutter and its stress distribution, methods of decreasing failures of disc cutter are presented. Wear resistance and service life of disc cutter are improved by matching the materials of disc cutters with rocks. The results are useful for structural optimization and strengthening treatment of material of disc cutter.


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