Active Bearing Technology of Foot Steel Pipe Applied in Controlling the Large Deformation of Tunnels: A Case Study
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Published:2022-11-18
Issue:22
Volume:12
Page:11716
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ISSN:2076-3417
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Container-title:Applied Sciences
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Applied Sciences
Author:
Zhao Zhizhong,Wu Yimin,Wang Lin,Hu Kaixun,Tian Changqing
Abstract
Foot steel pipe was the main arch foot supporting structure to control large deformation of loess tunnels, but the supporting effect was not ideal. Taking Yulinzi Tunnel in Qingyang, Gansu Province, as the engineering background, the design concept and implementation scheme of a foot steel pipe active bearing was put forward. The purpose was to solve the problem that it was difficult to control the surrounding rock settlement with the foot steel pipe. Numerical simulation and field experiments were used to verify the effect of the active bearing technology of the foot steel pipe. The main conclusions were as follows: (1) The effect of increasing the diameter of the foot steel pipe is better than that of increasing the number of foot steel pipes. (2) The active bearing mode of exerting its bearing capacity in advance by prepressing the foot steel pipe can effectively reduce the settlement of the vault. The settlement rate of the vault can be reduced by about 70% in 1–2 days and more than 50% in 1–3 days. (3) At the initial stage of surrounding rock deformation, this technology can provide a large bearing capacity, thereby reducing the overall deformation of the surrounding rock, slowing down the release of the surrounding rock pressure, and playing a positive role in the settlement control of the vault.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
The First Engineering Company of Shanxi Road and Bridge Group
Subject
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Computer Science Applications,Process Chemistry and Technology,General Engineering,Instrumentation,General Materials Science
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