Refurbishment of a 3.6 m earth-pressure balanced shield TBM with a domestic cutterhead and its field verification

Gyu-Jin Bae; Soo-Ho Chang; Soon-Wook Choi; Tae Ho Kang; Jun-Yong Kwon; Min-Sik Shin

doi:10.9711/KTAJ.2015.17.4.457

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Refurbishment of a 3.6 m earth-pressure balanced shield TBM with a domestic cutterhead and its field verification 국산 커터헤드를 장착한 직경 3.6 m 토압식 쉴드TBM의 제작과 현장적용성 분석

31 July 2015. pp. 457-471

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Abstract

A domestic cutterhead with the diameter of 3.6 m was designed and manufactured in this study. Then, it was attached to an existing earth-pressure balanced shield TBM to excavate a cable tunnel with the length of 1,275 m. Especially, the procedures for TBM cutterhead design and its corresponding performance prediction were also summarized. From field data analyses of the refurbished shield TBM, its maximum advance rate was recorded as 14.4 m/day. Penetration depths of disc cutters were found to be approximately 4 mm/rev, which is equal to the maximum penetration depth designed for the strongest rock strength condition in the target tunnel. Every TBM operating thrust and cutter normal force during TBM driving was much smaller than their corresponding maximum capacities. When cutter acting forces recorded in the field were analyzed, their prediction errors by the CSM model were very high for weak rock conditions. In addition, rock strength showed very close relationships with cutter normal force and penetration depth.

Keywords

TBM

Cutterhead

Refurbishment

Disc cutter

Advance rate

Excavation performance

본 연구에서는 직경 3.6 m의 국산 커터헤드를 설계‧제작하고 이를 기존의 토압식 쉴드TBM에 적용하여 연장이 1,275 m인 전력구 터널의 굴착공사를 수행하였다. 특히, 본 연구에서는 TBM 커터헤드의 설계절차와 그에 따른 TBM 굴착성능을 예측하기 위한 방법들을 정리하였다. 제작된 국산 커터헤드 장착 토압식 쉴드TBM의 실제 굴진자료를 분석한 결과, 최대 굴진율은 14.4 m/day이었으며 암석의 일축압축강도가 가장 큰 조건에 대해 커터헤드의 설계단계에서 제시한 4 mm/rev 내외로 디스크커터의 관입깊이가 관리되었음을 확인하였다. 또한 TBM의 구동 추력과 디스크커터의 연직력은 각각 TBM의 최대 추력 용량과 디스크커터의 최대 허용 연직력 이하로 나타났다. 현장에서 측정된 디스크커터의 작용력을 분석한 결과, 연암 조건에서 CSM모델의 예측 오차가 크게 나타남을 확인하였다. 마지막으로 암석의 일축압축강도와 디스크커터의 연직력 및 커터 관입깊이는 밀접한 상관관계를 나타내었다.

키워드

TBM

커터헤드

재활용

디스크커터

굴진율

굴진성능

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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 : 17
No :4
Pages :457-471
Received Date : 2015-06-29
Revised Date : 2015-07-10
Accepted Date : 2015-07-21
DOI :https://doi.org/10.9711/KTAJ.2015.17.4.457

Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association ISSN:2233-8292(Print) 2287-4747(Online) 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집

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