Development of testing apparatus and fundamental study for performance and cutting tool wear of EPB TBM in soft ground

Dae-Young   Kim; Han-Byul Kang; Young Jin Shin; Jae-Hoon  Jung; Jae-won   Lee

doi:10.9711/KTAJ.2018.20.2.453

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Development of testing apparatus and fundamental study for performance and cutting tool wear of EPB TBM in soft ground 토사지반 EPB TBM의 굴진성능 및 커팅툴 마모량에 관한 실험장비 개발 및 기초연구

31 March 2018. pp. 453-467

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Abstract

The excavation performance and the cutting tool wear prediction of shield TBM are very important issues for design and construction in TBM tunneling. For hard-rock TBMs, CSM and NTNU model have been widely used for prediction of disc cutter wear and penetration rate. But in case of soft-ground TBMs, the wear evaluation and the excavation performance have not been studied in details due to the complexity of the ground behavior and therefore few testing methods have been proposed. In this study, a new soil abrasion and penetration tester (SAPT) that simulates EPB TBM excavation process is introduced which overcomes the drawbacks of the previously developed soil abrasivity testers. Parametric tests for penetration rate, foam mixing ratio, foam concentration were conducted to evaluate influential parameters affecting TBM excavation and also ripper wear was measured in laboratory. The results of artificial soil specimen composed of 70% illite and 30% silica sand showed TBM additives such as foam play a key role in terms of excavation and tool wear.

Keywords

EPB TBM

SAPT (Soil Abrasion Penetration Tester)

TBM performance

Cutting tool wear

Foam

쉴드 TBM 공법은 터널 굴착으로 인한 터널 굴진면과 굴착면의 변형을 억제하여 지반의 변형을 최소화할 수 있는 공법 이다. 이를 위해 쉴드 TBM의 운전 조건들을 적절히 제어하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 쉴드 TBM 공법의 여러 가지 운전 조 건 중 굴진면압과 뒤채움주입압은 지반에 직접 압력을 가하는 과정으로 굴착에 인한 지반변위의 억제 뿐만 아니라, 지반 내 유효응력 및 간극수압의 변화에 영향을 미치는 요인이다. 굴진면압과 뒤채움압의 작용에 대한 지반의 반응은 지반의 강성 및 투수성에 따라 상이하다. 특히, 포화된 연약 점성토의 경우 굴진면압과 뒤채움압에 의한 지반 내 응력 변화의 영 향이 장시간동안 잔류하므로 이에 대한 반응은 투수성이 큰 지반과 구별되는 거동을 보인다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 유한 요소법을 이용한 응력 ̶간극수압 연계 매개변수해석을 통해 포화 점성토 지반에서 쉴드 TBM 운전 조건과 지반의 강성과 투수성이 지표침하에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 연구 결과, 점성토 지반의 지표침하는 즉시침하와 압밀침 하로 구분할 수 있었으며, 특히 압밀침하 거동은 지반의 투수성과 강성의 영향을 크게 받는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 굴진 면압과 뒤채움압의 증가가 항상 지표침하 감소로 이어지지는 않고, 임의 크기의 압력(한계 압력) 이상으로 증가된 굴진 면압과 뒤채움압은 역으로 지표침하를 증가시키는 요인으로 작용할 수 있음이 확인되었다.

키워드

EPB TBM

SAPT (Soil Abrasion Penetration Tester)

TBM 굴진성능

마모량

Foam

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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 : 20
No :2
Pages :453-467
Received Date : 2018-02-09
Revised Date : 2018-03-05
Accepted Date : 2018-03-09
DOI :https://doi.org/10.9711/KTAJ.2018.20.2.453

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

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