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2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The estimation of the design concept of large face and long distance tunnel through the three dimensional trapdoor experiments and the numerical analyses

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10555167
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section展開研究
Research Field Geotechnical engineering
Research InstitutionKYOTO UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

ADACHI Toshihisa  Kyoto University, School of Engineering, Professor, 工学研究科, 教授 (20026173)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KIMURA Makoto  Kyoto University, School of Engineering, Associate Professor, 工学研究科, 助教授 (30177927)
TATEYAMA Kazuyoshi  Kyoto University, School of Engineering, Associate Professor, 工学研究科, 助教授 (10179731)
TAMURA Takeshi  Kyoto University, School of Engineering, Professor, 工学研究科, 教授 (30026330)
KISHIDA Kiyoshi  Kyoto University, School of Engineering, Research Associate, 工学研究科, 助手 (20243066)
Project Period (FY) 1998 – 2000
KeywordsLarge face tunnel / Long distance tunnel / Trapdoor experiments / Earth pressure / Settlement / Tunnel supports / Tunnel lining / Centrifuge
Research Abstract

In order to establish the design concept of extra large face and long distance tunnels in which the needs are increasing, tunnel lining modeling tests and three dimensional trapdoor experiments have been performed. Then, the bending moments and the earth pressures acting on the tunnel lining, and the mechanism of tunnel excavation have been discussed.
Assuming the excavation on sandy ground in the tunnel lining modeling tests, the experiments in consideration of various overburdens and shapes of tunneling face have been carried out on both gravity and centrifuge conditions. Based on the experimental results, we have discussed some effective factors of tunnel mechanism, namely, the earth pressures and the bending moments acting on the tunnel lining, the earth pressure acting on the ground around tunnel, and the ground surface settlement. Moreover, theoretical discussions of the earth pressures acting on the tunnel lining have been performed with the aid of Terzaghi earth pressure theory. … More In consequence, 1) with the shape of tunnel face being flatness, the larger the bending moments acting on the tunnel lining become large, 2) in the same shape of tunnel face, the change of both value and distribution of bending moments does not present clear with increasing the overburdens, and 3) earth pressures on both gravity and centrifuge conditions show the good correlation with Terzaghi theoretical results under the confining coefficient K_0 between 0.5 and 1.0.
On the other hand, three dimensional trapdoor experiments have been carried out under various overburdens so as to clarify the mechanical behavior and the deformability with the excavating tunnel, And then, under various overburdens, three dimensional trapdoor experiments in consideration of the tunnel intersection have been carried out. In consequence from three dimensional trapdoor experiments, 1) the earth pressures on the lowered trapdoor remarkable increase with descending trapdoor, 2) in case of the descending trapdoor streak, that is the assuming the tunnel excavation, the remarkable settlement can be observed on the lowered trapdoor since the ground above the lowered trapdoor has already been loosened, and 3) in case of small intersection angle under various overburdens, large earth pressures acting on the main tunnel can be observed when the branch trapdoors go down. Less

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All Publications (6 results)

  • [Publications] 足立紀尚,木村亮,岸田潔,伊藤浩志: "掘削過程を考慮した3次元降下床実験による土圧分布特性の検討,第35回 地盤工学研究発表会発表講演集"第35回 地盤工学研究発表会発表講演集. 2093-2094 (2000)

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  • [Publications] 足立紀尚,木村亮,岸田潔,伊藤浩志: "トンネル掘削過程を考慮したトンネルおよび周辺地盤の力学挙動の解明"土木学会論文集. (投稿中).

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  • [Publications] Adachi,T.,Kimura,M.,Kishida,K.: "Experimental study on the distribution of earth pressure through three-dimensional trapdoor tests"IS-Kyoto 2001, Modern Tunneling Science and Technology. (in contributing).

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  • [Publications] Adachi, T., Kimura, M., Kishida, K., Ito, H.: "Estimation on earth pressure distribution using 3-D trapdoor tests in consideration of tunnel excavation"Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth Japan National Conference on Geotechnical Engineering. 2093-2094 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Adachi, T., Kimura, M., Kishida, K., Ito, H.: "Mechanical behavior of a tunnel and the ground around it in consideration of the tunnel excavation process"Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, JSCE. (in contributing).

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  • [Publications] Adachi, T., Kimura, M., Kishida, K.: "Experimental study on the distribution of earth pressure through three-dimensional trapdoor tests"IS-Kyoto 2001, Modern Tunneling Science and Technology. (in contributing).

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