Research on Ground Settlement due to EPB Shield

2011 ◽  
Vol 105-107 ◽  
pp. 1276-1279
Author(s):  
Zhi Gang Yan

The surface settlement is affected by many factors due to EPB shield. This paper takes the shield construction of Guangzhou Metro Line 5 as an example, carries out three dimensional numerical experiments on the ground settlement rule. The result indicates that soil warehouse pressure and the efficiency of grouting is important factors of the surface displacement. To increase grouting pressure and shorten the grouting time can reduced the ground settlement in effective. With the increase the soil warehouse pressure, the settlement behind the working face is reduced and the front working face is increased. When the soil warehouse pressure is at the over balance condition, the raising ground is increased and the settlement is reduced. The value of settlement is much larger than the value of raising. So to increase the soil warehouse pressure is another effective method to reduced the ground settlement on the premise that the front soil body of shield does not be destroy.

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Guijun Luo ◽  
Chao Xiao ◽  
Yuan Liu ◽  
Kejun Feng ◽  
Qingguo Ren

Great practical significance and engineering application value can be achieved when the large amount of discharged soil produced by EPB shield tunnels is recycled and comprehensively utilized. As one of the key processes of shield construction, synchronous grouting needs a large amount of bentonite, cement, fly ash, sand, and other materials. The research on the reuse of shield muck as synchronous grouting material is carried out based on Zhengzhou subway project. The physical properties and phase of the discharged soil from EPB shield tunnels are studied by using laboratory tests and XRD. The statistics show that the shield muck meets the performance requirements of bentonite and fine sand in synchronous grouting materials. The optimal grout ratio of the reused muck is obtained based on the optimization idea of multiobjective programming by MATLAB. Considering the combined effect of seepage field, stress field, and the timeliness of the grout, the influences of grouting pressure and the filling rate of synchronous grouting on surface settlement, plastic zone of strata, and segment deformation are analyzed by using finite difference method. The results prove that the surface settlement and segment deformation can be better controlled when the grouting pressure is at 0.18 MPa and the grouting rate is at 120%–150%.


2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Caifang Wang

Abstract.Diffuse optical tomography (DOT) is an optical imaging modality, which provides the spatial distribution of the optical parameters inside a random medium. A propagation back-propagation method named EM-like reconstruction method for stationary DOT problem has been proposed yet. This method is really time consuming. Hence the ordered-subsets (OS) technique for this reconstruction method is studied in this paper. The boundary measurements of DOT are grouped into nonoverlapping and overlapping ordered sequence of subsets with random partition, sequential partition and periodic partition, respectively. The performance of OS methods is compared with the standard EM-like reconstruction method with two-dimensional and three-dimensional numerical experiments. The numerical experiments indicate that reconstruction of nonoverlapping subsets with periodic partition, overlapping subsets with periodic partition and standard EM-like method provide very similar acceptable reconstruction results. However, reconstruction of nonoverlapping subsets with periodic partition spends a minimum of time to get proper results.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Cheverda ◽  
Vadim Lisitsa ◽  
Maksim Protasov ◽  
Galina Reshetova ◽  
Andrey Ledyaev ◽  
...  

Abstract To develop the optimal strategy for developing a hydrocarbon field, one should know in fine detail its geological structure. More and more attention has been paid to cavernous-fractured reservoirs within the carbonate environment in the last decades. This article presents a technology for three-dimensional computing images of such reservoirs using scattered seismic waves. To verify it, we built a particular synthetic model, a digital twin of one of the licensed objects in the north of Eastern Siberia. One distinctive feature of this digital twin is the representation of faults not as some ideal slip surfaces but as three-dimensional geological bodies filled with tectonic breccias. To simulate such breccias and the geometry of these bodies, we performed a series of numerical experiments based on the discrete elements technique. The purpose of these experiments is the simulation of the geomechanical processes of fault formation. For the digital twin constructed, we performed full-scale 3D seismic modeling, which made it possible to conduct fully controlled numerical experiments on the construction of wave images and, on this basis, to propose an optimal seismic data processing graph.


2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (7) ◽  
pp. 2666-2681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiaki Miyamoto ◽  
Tetsuya Takemi

Triggering processes for the rapidly intensifying phase of a tropical cyclone (TC) were investigated on the basis of numerical experiments using a three-dimensional nonhydrostatic model. The results revealed that the rapid intensification of the simulated TC commenced following the formation of a circular cloud, which occurred about 12 h after the TC became essentially axisymmetric. The circular cloud (eyewall) evolved from a cloudy convective cell that was originally generated near the radius of maximum wind speed (RMW). The development of the convective cell in the eyewall was closely related to the radial location of the strong boundary layer convergence of axisymmetric flow. The radius of maximum convergence (RMC) was small relative to the RMW when the TC vortex was weak, which is consistent with the boundary layer theory for a rotating fluid system on a frictional surface. As the TC intensified, the RMC approached the RMW. An eyewall was very likely to form in the simulated TC when the RMC approached the RMW. Because the RMC is theoretically determined by a Rossby number defined by the maximum tangential velocity, RMW, and Coriolis parameter, a series of numerical experiments was conducted by changing the three parameters. The results were consistent with the hypothesis that intensification occurs earlier for larger Rossby numbers. This finding indicates that initial TC vortices with larger Rossby numbers are more likely to experience rapid intensification and, hence, to evolve into strong hurricanes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Feng Cui ◽  
Tinghui Zhang ◽  
Xiaoqiang Cheng

Rib spalling disaster at the coal mining faces severely restricted the safe and efficient output of coal resources. In order to solve this problem, based on the analysis of the current status of rib spalling in the three-soft coal seam 1508 Working Face of Heyang Coal Mine, a mechanical model of sliding-type rib spalling was established and the main influencing factors that affect rib spalling are given. The mechanism of grouting technology to prevent and control rib spalling has been theoretically analyzed. A similarity simulation experiment is used to analyze the change law of roof stress under the condition of three-soft coal seam mining. The optimal grouting pressure is determined by a numerical simulation experiment. And, silicate-modified polymer grouting reinforcement materials (SMPGMs) are used in field experiments. After twice grouting operations in the 1508 Working Face, the coal wall was changed from the original soft and extremely easy rib spalling to a straight coal wall and the amount of rib spalling has been reduced by 57.45% and 48.43, respectively. And, the mining height has increased by 0.16 m and 0.23 m, respectively. The experimental results show that the rib spalling disaster of the three-soft coal seam has been effectively controlled.


Author(s):  
Anh Do Ngoc ◽  
Daniel Dias ◽  
Thang Trong Dang

Three-dimensional finite difference calculations are proposed to investigate the influence of operation parameters of the shield machines during twin stacked tunnel excavation on the surface settlements. The numerical model is validated by experimental data obtained from Hochiminh’s metro line 1 project, used as a reference case in this study. The parametric study focuses on the influence of the face support pressure, the grouting pressure, and the shield’s length. The numerical results indicated that a decrease does not always follow an increase in surface settlements' face and grouting pressure. A shorter shield machine causes smaller surface settlements to develop over single lower and twin stacked tunnels.


1989 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 376-389
Author(s):  
Robert V. Sharp ◽  
John L. Saxton

Abstract Seven quadrilaterals, constructed at broadly distributed points on surface breaks within the Superstition Hills fault zone, were repeatedly remeasured after the pair of 24 November 1987 earthquakes to monitor the growing surface displacement. Changes in the dimensions of the quadrilaterals are recalculated to right-lateral and extensional components at millimeter resolution, and vertical components of change are resolved at 0.2 mm precision. The displacement component data for four of the seven quadrilaterals record the complete fault movement with respect to an October 1986 base. These data fit with remarkable agreement the power law U ( t ) = U f ( B t 1 + B t ) c , where U(t) is a displacement component at time t after the second main shock and Uf, B, and c are constants. This power law permits estimation of the final displacement, Uf, from the data obtained within the period of observation. Data from one quadrilateral, located near the epicenter of the second main shock and northeast-trending conjugate faults, allow that about 5 cm of right-lateral slip may have been associated with the first main shock there. Data from the other quadrilaterals confirm that the surface faulting on most of the Superstition Hills fault zone did initiate at the time of the second main shock of the 1987 earthquakes. The three-dimensional motion vectors all describe nearly linear trajectories throughout the observation period, and they indicate smooth shearing on their respective fault surfaces. The inclination of the shear surfaces is generally nearly vertical, except near the south end of the Superstition Hills fault zone where two strands dip northeastward at about 70°. Surface displacement on these strands is right reverse. Another kind of deformation, superimposed on the fault displacements, has been recorded at all quadrilateral sites. It consists of a northwest-southeast contraction or component of contraction that ranged from 0 to 0.1 per cent of the quadrilateral lengths between November 1987 and April 1988.


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