Shield tunneling is easily obstructed by clogging in clayey strata with small soil particles.However,soil clogging rarely occurs in strata with coarse-grained soils.Theoretically,a critical particle size of soils shou...Shield tunneling is easily obstructed by clogging in clayey strata with small soil particles.However,soil clogging rarely occurs in strata with coarse-grained soils.Theoretically,a critical particle size of soils should exist,below which there is a high risk of soil clogging in shield tunneling.To determine the critical particle size,a series of laboratory tests was carried out with a large-scale rotary shear apparatus to measure the tangential adhesion strength of soils with different particle sizes and water contents.It was found that the tangential adhesion strength at the soilesteel interface gradually increased linearly with applied normal pressure.When the particle size of the soil specimen was less than 0.15 mm,the interfacial adhesion force first increased and then decreased as the water content gradually increased;otherwise,the soil specimens did not manifest any interfacial adhesion force.The amount of soil mass adhering to the steel disc was positively correlated with the interfacial adhesion force,thus the interfacial adhesion force was adopted to characterize the soil clogging risk in shield tunneling.The critical particle size of soils causing clogging was determined to be 0.15 mm.Finally,the generation mechanism of interfacial adhesion force was explored for soils with different particle sizes to explain the critical particle size of soil with clogging risk in shield tunneling.展开更多
The AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry is gradually shifting away from 2D CAD drawings and toward Building Information Modeling as a result of the fast development of science and technology (BI...The AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry is gradually shifting away from 2D CAD drawings and toward Building Information Modeling as a result of the fast development of science and technology (BIM). The BIM idea’s introduction emphasizes the need to specify a building in a single building model with adequate information to suit its different needs rather than defining it in fragmented documents. This research work aims to use the BIM 4D for the simulation of the construction sequence of a Swivel Bridge. For that, the software Revit was used to make the 3D model of the bridge, and the software Navisworks was used for the 4D construction simulation of the project. The results demonstrated that BIM technology could help reduce delays and problems with the schedule and improve communication among stakeholders, and BIM visualization and simulation features were very useful compared to traditional planning methods.展开更多
The Sichuan-Xizang Railway is a global challenge,surpassing other known railway projects in terms of geological and topographical complexity.This paper presents an approach for rapidly profiling rock mass quality unde...The Sichuan-Xizang Railway is a global challenge,surpassing other known railway projects in terms of geological and topographical complexity.This paper presents an approach for rapidly profiling rock mass quality underneath tunnel face for the ongoing construction of the Sichuan-Xizang Railway.It adopts the time-series method and carries out the quantitative analysis of the rock mass quality using the depth-series measurement-while-drilling(MWD)data associated with drilling of blastholes.A tunnel face with 15 blastholes is examined for illustration.The results include identification of the boundary of homogeneous geomaterial by plotting the blasthole depth against the net drilling time,as well as quantification of rock mass quality through the recalculation of the new specific energy.The new specific energy profile is compared and highly consistent with laboratory test,manual logging and tunnel seismic prediction results.This consistency can enhance the blasthole pattern design and facilitate the dynamic determination of charge placement and amount.This paper highlights the importance of digital monitoring during blasthole drilling for rapidly profiling rock mass quality underneath and ahead of tunnel face.It upgrades the MWD technique for rapid profiling rock mass quality in drilling and blasting tunnels.展开更多
The immersed tunnel is considered an effective solution for traffic problems across rivers and seas.The sand filling layer,as an important part of immersed tunnel foundation treatments,directly affects segment attitud...The immersed tunnel is considered an effective solution for traffic problems across rivers and seas.The sand filling layer,as an important part of immersed tunnel foundation treatments,directly affects segment attitude stability.Due to difficulties in quality control of concealed construction and the complex hydrodynamic environment,the sand filling layer is prone to compaction defects,further leading to changes in segment attitude.However,limited by structural concealment and state complexity,most studies consider the sand filling layer part of the foundation to study its impact on settlement while neglecting its influence on segment attitude.This research proposes an evaluation method for the sand filling layer state based on elastic wave testing and the elastic wave characteristic parameters selected come from analysis of the time domain,frequency domain and time–frequency domain.By classifying the elastic wave characteristic parameters through the K-means clustering method,the relationship between the state of the sand filling layer and the elastic wave characteristic parameters is established.The state of the sand filling layer is divided into dense,incompact,and void.A numerical model is established based on the Guangzhou BI-UT immersed tunnel with incompact and void sand filling layer states to simulate deformation and torsion.The results indicate that the settlement of the tunnel segment is low in the eastern region and high in the western region due to the presence of a less dense sand filling layer,with a maximum differential settlement of 0.04 m.The evaluation method plays a crucial role in guiding the construction of immersed tube tunnels.展开更多
Accurate approaches for estimating flow resistance in large alluvial rivers are fundamental for simulating discharge,sediment transport,and flood routing.However,methods for estimating riverbed resistance and addition...Accurate approaches for estimating flow resistance in large alluvial rivers are fundamental for simulating discharge,sediment transport,and flood routing.However,methods for estimating riverbed resistance and additional resistance in the channel-bar landscapes remain poorly investigated.In this study,we used in situ river bathymetry,sediment,and hydraulic data from the Shashi Reach in the Yangtze River to develop a semi-empirical approach for calculating flow resistance.Our method quantitatively separates flow resistance into riverbed resistance and additional resistance and shows high accuracy in terms of deviation ratio(~20%),root-mean-square error(~0.008),and geometric standard deviation(~3).Additional resistance plays a dominant role under low-flow conditions but a secondary role under high flows,primarily due to the reduction in momentum exchange in channel-bar regions as discharge increases.Riverbed resistance first decreases and then increases,which might be attributed to bedform changes in the lower and transitional flow regimes as flow velocity increases.Overall,our findings further the understanding of dynamic changes in flow resistance in the channel-bar landscapes of large river systems and have important implications for riverine ecology and flood management.展开更多
The new Fuzhou-Xiamen Railway of Lot 6(Fig.1)built by CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Company Ltd.is located in Quanzhou City,Fujian Province,passing through Jinjiang City and Shishi City and the Taiwan Residents Inves...The new Fuzhou-Xiamen Railway of Lot 6(Fig.1)built by CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Company Ltd.is located in Quanzhou City,Fujian Province,passing through Jinjiang City and Shishi City and the Taiwan Residents Investment Zone.展开更多
When earth pressure balance (EPB) shield tunnels are constructed through clayey ground, the soil adheres to the cutter, cutterheadand chamber bulkhead due to the high adhesion strength between the steel and the clay, ...When earth pressure balance (EPB) shield tunnels are constructed through clayey ground, the soil adheres to the cutter, cutterheadand chamber bulkhead due to the high adhesion strength between the steel and the clay, thus clogging the shield. To investigatethe influence of different factors on the adhesion strength, this study used montmorillonite, kaolin and mixtures of the two as testsoils. The adhesion strength between the steel and clay is determined with a customized rotary shear apparatus. The results showthat when the consistency index of the soil specimen is less than 1, the adhesion strength between the steel and clay increaseswith the consistency index. As the consistency index decreases, the effect of the normal pressure on the adhesion strength graduallyweakened. As the contact angle of the shear plate increases, thus reducing the hydrophilicity, the adhesion strength decreases. Whenthe soil specimens with different plasticity index values have the same consistency index value, the adhesion strengths are similar.The adhesion strength increases gradually with increasing surface roughness. Based on grey incidence analysis, the order of thefactors affecting the adhesion strength is as follows: normal pressure > consistency index > contact angle > plasticity index ≈ surfaceroughness. The normal pressure, consistency index and contact angle all have important effects on the adhesion strength betweensteel and clay. However, because there are no large differences in the contact angle among the metal materials, the approximateadhesion strength can be calculated by considering the effects of only the normal pressure and consistency index. Themeasures thatare effective for preventing EPB shield clogging are increasing the soil softness and decreasing the hydrophilicity of the cutterheadby applying new materials for the cutters and cutterhead.展开更多
基金The financial support from the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China(Grant Nos.52022112 and 51778637)the Sci-ence and Technology Innovation Program of Hunan Province(Grant No.2021RC3015)are acknowledged and appreciated.
文摘Shield tunneling is easily obstructed by clogging in clayey strata with small soil particles.However,soil clogging rarely occurs in strata with coarse-grained soils.Theoretically,a critical particle size of soils should exist,below which there is a high risk of soil clogging in shield tunneling.To determine the critical particle size,a series of laboratory tests was carried out with a large-scale rotary shear apparatus to measure the tangential adhesion strength of soils with different particle sizes and water contents.It was found that the tangential adhesion strength at the soilesteel interface gradually increased linearly with applied normal pressure.When the particle size of the soil specimen was less than 0.15 mm,the interfacial adhesion force first increased and then decreased as the water content gradually increased;otherwise,the soil specimens did not manifest any interfacial adhesion force.The amount of soil mass adhering to the steel disc was positively correlated with the interfacial adhesion force,thus the interfacial adhesion force was adopted to characterize the soil clogging risk in shield tunneling.The critical particle size of soils causing clogging was determined to be 0.15 mm.Finally,the generation mechanism of interfacial adhesion force was explored for soils with different particle sizes to explain the critical particle size of soil with clogging risk in shield tunneling.
文摘The AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry is gradually shifting away from 2D CAD drawings and toward Building Information Modeling as a result of the fast development of science and technology (BIM). The BIM idea’s introduction emphasizes the need to specify a building in a single building model with adequate information to suit its different needs rather than defining it in fragmented documents. This research work aims to use the BIM 4D for the simulation of the construction sequence of a Swivel Bridge. For that, the software Revit was used to make the 3D model of the bridge, and the software Navisworks was used for the 4D construction simulation of the project. The results demonstrated that BIM technology could help reduce delays and problems with the schedule and improve communication among stakeholders, and BIM visualization and simulation features were very useful compared to traditional planning methods.
基金partially supported by grants from the Research Grant Council of the Hong Kong,China(Project Nos.HKU 17207518 and R5037-18)。
文摘The Sichuan-Xizang Railway is a global challenge,surpassing other known railway projects in terms of geological and topographical complexity.This paper presents an approach for rapidly profiling rock mass quality underneath tunnel face for the ongoing construction of the Sichuan-Xizang Railway.It adopts the time-series method and carries out the quantitative analysis of the rock mass quality using the depth-series measurement-while-drilling(MWD)data associated with drilling of blastholes.A tunnel face with 15 blastholes is examined for illustration.The results include identification of the boundary of homogeneous geomaterial by plotting the blasthole depth against the net drilling time,as well as quantification of rock mass quality through the recalculation of the new specific energy.The new specific energy profile is compared and highly consistent with laboratory test,manual logging and tunnel seismic prediction results.This consistency can enhance the blasthole pattern design and facilitate the dynamic determination of charge placement and amount.This paper highlights the importance of digital monitoring during blasthole drilling for rapidly profiling rock mass quality underneath and ahead of tunnel face.It upgrades the MWD technique for rapid profiling rock mass quality in drilling and blasting tunnels.
基金supported by Yunnan Province Major Science and Technology Special Plan(Grant No.202303AA080010)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52122110)+1 种基金the Oceanic Interdisciplinary Program of Shanghai Jiao Tong University,China(Grant No.SL2021PT302)Academician Special Program of China Communications Construction Company(CCCC).
文摘The immersed tunnel is considered an effective solution for traffic problems across rivers and seas.The sand filling layer,as an important part of immersed tunnel foundation treatments,directly affects segment attitude stability.Due to difficulties in quality control of concealed construction and the complex hydrodynamic environment,the sand filling layer is prone to compaction defects,further leading to changes in segment attitude.However,limited by structural concealment and state complexity,most studies consider the sand filling layer part of the foundation to study its impact on settlement while neglecting its influence on segment attitude.This research proposes an evaluation method for the sand filling layer state based on elastic wave testing and the elastic wave characteristic parameters selected come from analysis of the time domain,frequency domain and time–frequency domain.By classifying the elastic wave characteristic parameters through the K-means clustering method,the relationship between the state of the sand filling layer and the elastic wave characteristic parameters is established.The state of the sand filling layer is divided into dense,incompact,and void.A numerical model is established based on the Guangzhou BI-UT immersed tunnel with incompact and void sand filling layer states to simulate deformation and torsion.The results indicate that the settlement of the tunnel segment is low in the eastern region and high in the western region due to the presence of a less dense sand filling layer,with a maximum differential settlement of 0.04 m.The evaluation method plays a crucial role in guiding the construction of immersed tube tunnels.
文摘Accurate approaches for estimating flow resistance in large alluvial rivers are fundamental for simulating discharge,sediment transport,and flood routing.However,methods for estimating riverbed resistance and additional resistance in the channel-bar landscapes remain poorly investigated.In this study,we used in situ river bathymetry,sediment,and hydraulic data from the Shashi Reach in the Yangtze River to develop a semi-empirical approach for calculating flow resistance.Our method quantitatively separates flow resistance into riverbed resistance and additional resistance and shows high accuracy in terms of deviation ratio(~20%),root-mean-square error(~0.008),and geometric standard deviation(~3).Additional resistance plays a dominant role under low-flow conditions but a secondary role under high flows,primarily due to the reduction in momentum exchange in channel-bar regions as discharge increases.Riverbed resistance first decreases and then increases,which might be attributed to bedform changes in the lower and transitional flow regimes as flow velocity increases.Overall,our findings further the understanding of dynamic changes in flow resistance in the channel-bar landscapes of large river systems and have important implications for riverine ecology and flood management.
文摘The new Fuzhou-Xiamen Railway of Lot 6(Fig.1)built by CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Company Ltd.is located in Quanzhou City,Fujian Province,passing through Jinjiang City and Shishi City and the Taiwan Residents Investment Zone.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52022112 and 51778637)are acknowl-edged and appreciated。
文摘When earth pressure balance (EPB) shield tunnels are constructed through clayey ground, the soil adheres to the cutter, cutterheadand chamber bulkhead due to the high adhesion strength between the steel and the clay, thus clogging the shield. To investigatethe influence of different factors on the adhesion strength, this study used montmorillonite, kaolin and mixtures of the two as testsoils. The adhesion strength between the steel and clay is determined with a customized rotary shear apparatus. The results showthat when the consistency index of the soil specimen is less than 1, the adhesion strength between the steel and clay increaseswith the consistency index. As the consistency index decreases, the effect of the normal pressure on the adhesion strength graduallyweakened. As the contact angle of the shear plate increases, thus reducing the hydrophilicity, the adhesion strength decreases. Whenthe soil specimens with different plasticity index values have the same consistency index value, the adhesion strengths are similar.The adhesion strength increases gradually with increasing surface roughness. Based on grey incidence analysis, the order of thefactors affecting the adhesion strength is as follows: normal pressure > consistency index > contact angle > plasticity index ≈ surfaceroughness. The normal pressure, consistency index and contact angle all have important effects on the adhesion strength betweensteel and clay. However, because there are no large differences in the contact angle among the metal materials, the approximateadhesion strength can be calculated by considering the effects of only the normal pressure and consistency index. Themeasures thatare effective for preventing EPB shield clogging are increasing the soil softness and decreasing the hydrophilicity of the cutterheadby applying new materials for the cutters and cutterhead.
