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A study on the behaviour of pre-existing single piles to adjacent shield TBM tunnelling from three-dimensional finite element analyses

3차원 유한요소해석을 통한 shield TBM 터널 근접시공에 의한 인접 단독말뚝의 거동에 대한 연구

Young-Jin Jeon1
,
Seung-Chan Jeon2
,
Sang-Joon Jeon3
,
Cheol-Ju Lee3*
전 영진1
,
전 승찬2
,
전 상준3
,
이 철주3*
1Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Kangwon National University
2Master’s Course Student, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Kangwon National University
3Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Kangwon National University
1비회원, 강원대학교 토목공학과 박사과정
2비회원, 강원대학교 토목공학과 석사과정
3정회원, 강원대학교 토목공학과 교수
* Corresponding Author
31 January 2020. pp. 23-46
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Abstract

In the current work, a series of three-dimensional finite element analyses have been carried out to understand the behaviour of pre-existing single piles to adjacent tunnelling by considering the tunnel face pressures and the relative location of pile tips with respect to the tunnel. The numerical modelling has analysed the effect of the face pressures on the pile behaviour. The analyses concentrate on the ground settlements, the pile head settlements, the axial pile forces and the shear stress transfer mechanism at the pile-soil interface. The head settlements of the pile (the vertical distance between the pile and the tunnel: 0.25D, where D is the tunnel diameter) directly above the tunnel crown with the face pressure 50% of the in-situ horizontal soil stress at the tunnel springline decreased by about 38% compared to corresponding settlements with a face pressure 25% of the in-situ horizontal soil stress at the tunnel springline. Furthermore, it was found that the smaller the face pressure, the larger the tunnelling-induced ground movements and the axial pile forces were and the higher the degree of the shear strength mobilisation at the pile-soil interface. When the piles were outside the tunnel influence zone, compressive pile forces were developed due to tunnelling. It has been found that the ground settlements and the pile settlements are heavily affected by the face pressures and the position of the pile tip relative to the tunnel. In addition, the computed results have been compared with relevant studies previously reported in literature. The behaviour of the piles has been extensively examined and analysed by considering the key features in great detail.

Keywords
Single piles
Face pressure
Tunnel-soil-pile interaction
Three-dimensional (3D) numerical modelling and analysis
Shield TBM

본 연구에서는 터널 근접 시공으로 인한 기 존재 단독말뚝의 공학적 거동을 파악하기 위하여 터널로부터 말뚝선단의 이격거리와 막장압의 변화를 고려한 3차원 유한요소해석을 수행하였다. 수치해석에서는 터널 막장압을 고려하여 말뚝의 거동을 분석하였으며, 터널굴착으로 유발되는 지반침하, 말뚝두부침하, 말뚝축력 및 말뚝-지반 사이의 경계면에서 발생하는 전단응력을 고찰하였다. 말뚝이 터널 크라운(crown) 바로 상부에 위치하고 말뚝선단까지의 수직 이격거리가 0.25D (여기서, D는 터널직경)인 경우 초기 응력의 50%에 해당하는 막장압을 적용할 경우 25%의 막장압을 적용한 것과 비교한 결과 말뚝두부의 침하가 약 38% 감소하였다. 또한, 막장압의 크기가 작을수록 지반침하, 말뚝의 축력 및 말뚝-지반 사이에서 발생하는 전단응력이 증가하며, 말뚝이 터널굴착 영향권 밖에 존재할 경우 말뚝에는 압축력 형태의 축력이 발생하였다. 따라서 막장압의 크기 및 터널-말뚝선단의 상대위치는 지반 침하와 말뚝 침하에 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구에서 수행된 연구결과의 경우 기존에 보고된 연구결과를 바탕으로 비교분석을 실시하였으며, 터널굴착으로 인한 말뚝의 거동을 심도 있게 분석하였다.

키워드
단독말뚝
막장압
터널-지반-말뚝 상호거동
3차원 수치해석 분석
Shield TBM
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  • Publisher :Korean Tunneling and Underground Space Association
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국터널지하공간학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
  • Volume : 22
  • No :1
  • Pages :23-46
  • Received Date : 2019-10-25
  • Revised Date : 2019-11-29
  • Accepted Date : 2019-12-05
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.9711/KTAJ.2020.22.1.023
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