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2024 Vol.26, Issue 1

Research Paper

Evaluation of excavation damage zone during TBM excavation - A large deformation FE analysis study

TBM 굴착으로 인한 굴착손상영역 범위 추정 - 대변형 수치해석 연구

Seheon Kim1
,
Dohyun Kim2*
김 세헌1
,
김 도현2*
1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Urban Engineering, Hanbat National University
2Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanbat National University
1비회원, 국립한밭대학교 도시공학과 조교수
2정회원, 국립한밭대학교 건설환경공학과 조교수
*Corresponding Author
31 January 2024. pp. 1-17
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Abstract

Analyzing the tunnel excavation behavior and its effect on the surrounding ground involves large deformation behavior. Therefore, in order to properly simulate the tunnel excavation process and rigorously investigate the actual effect of excavation on surrounding ground and tunnel structure large deformation analysis method is required. In this study, two major numerical approaches capable of considering large deformations behavior were applied to investigate the effect of tunnel boring machine excavation on the surrounding ground: coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian (CEL) and the automatic remeshing (AR) method. Relative performance of both approaches was evaluated through the ground response due to TBM excavation. The ground response will be quantified by estimating the range of the excavation damaged zone (EDZ). By comparing the results, the range of the EDZ will be suggested on the vertical and horizontal direction along the TBM excavation surface. Based on the computed results, it was found that the size of EDZ around the excavation surface and the tendencies was in good agreement among the two approaches. Numerical results clearly show that the size of the EDZ around the tunnel tends to be larger for rock with higher RMR rating. The size of the EDZ is found to be direct proportional to the tunnel diameter, whereas the depth of the tunnel is inversely proportional due to higher confinement stress around the excavation surface.

Keywords
Tunnel boring machine (TBM)
Large deformation analysis
Excavation damage zone (EDZ)
Deviatoric stress
Rock mass rating (RMR)

터널 굴착으로 인한 지반의 거동 분석은 대변형 영역의 거동을 고려해야 한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 TBM 터널 굴착으로 인한 주변 지반에 대한 영향을 실제 현장 조건과 동일 조건에서 분석하기 위하여 대변형 유한요소 해석을 수행하였다. 지반의 대변형 거동을 모사하고 예측함에 있어 가장 널리 활용되는 두 가지 해석 기법 - coupled Eulerian Lagrangian (CEL)과 auto-remeshing (AR) 기법 - 을 적용하여 TBM 굴착 과정을 모사하였고 그에 따른 주변 지반에 발생하는 손상영역의 범위를 예측하였다. 굴착손상영역의 범위는 두 기법을 통해 도출된 결과와 굴착손상영역을 정의하는 실험적인 기준을 종합하여 추정하였다. 해석 결과, 두 대변형 해석 기법을 이용하여 도출된 굴착손상영역은 서로 비슷한 크기로 수렴하였고, 기존 연구의 실험 및 계측을 통해 확인된 굴착손상영역 크기와 모양, 경향과도 일치하는 것으로 나타났다. 굴착 되는 지반의 RMR 등급이 좋을수록 굴착손상영역의 크기는 더 커지고, 터널의 직경과는 정비례하는 것으로 나타났다. 반면에, 터널의 심도가 깊을수록 지반의 구속압이 커져서 굴착손상영역은 상대적으로 작게 형성되는 것으로 확인되었다.

키워드
TBM 터널
대변형 해석
굴착손상영역
축차응력
Rock mass rating (RMR)
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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 : 26
  • No :1
  • Pages :1-17
  • Received Date : 2023-11-03
  • Revised Date : 2023-12-19
  • Accepted Date : 2023-12-22
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.9711/KTAJ.2024.26.1.001
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