Mechanical behavior of sealed waterproof for shield tunnel segment joint under different assembling ellipticity

Abstract

During the construction and assembling stages of shield tunnels, the ellipticity of segment assembly, and the angle between segments are the main reasons for joint leakage of shield tunnel. In this paper, taking Chengdu Metro shield tunnel as the research background, the relationship between assembling ellipticity and segment opening angle is obtained by geometric calculation, and the waterproof effect of gasket under different segment joint angle is studied by finite element analysis method. Results of the nonlinear numerical analyses, there is a linear positive relationship between the opening angle of segments and the ellipticity degree. Meanwhile, the different side joint opening angles of the segments have different effects on the waterproof effect of the gasket, which is manifested as the external angle is greater than the internal. Based on the above research results, this article can provide some references for the design, production, processing, and quality inspection of shield tunnel gasket in the future.