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The effect of curvature at the bottom of a soft ground tunnel by numerical analysis

수치해석에 의한 연약지반 터널의 바닥부 곡률의 영향 분석

  • You, Kwangho (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Suwon) ;
  • Kim, Kangsan (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Suwon)
  • 유광호 (수원대학교 건설환경공학과) ;
  • 김강산 (수원대학교 건설환경공학과)
  • Received : 2021.02.01
  • Accepted : 2021.02.24
  • Published : 2021.03.31
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Abstract

Due to the acceleration of road construction, the number and extension of tunnels are increasing every year. A lot of research has been done on the collapse of tunnels, but research on the invert heaving is insufficient. Therefore, in this study, a sensitivity analysis was performed using a geotechnical general-purpose program to analyze the effect of the invert curvature of a tunnel excavated on the soft ground. As a result, it was quantitatively confirmed that the stability of a tunnel was increased as the curvature of the tunnel invert was increased so that the safety factor was calculated to be large regardless of the ground conditions and the thickness of the support. In addition, it was confirmed that the stability of the tunnel was increased by reducing the convergence of the tunnel and the maximum bending stress supported by shotcrete. Therefore, when a tunnel is excavated on soft ground, it is believed that applying a curvature to the invert will increase the stability of the tunnel.

도로건설의 가속화로 인해 매년 터널의 개소와 터널 연장이 증가하는 추세이다. 터널의 붕락에 관련된 연구는 많이 진행됐으나 바닥부 융기와 관련된 연구는 미흡한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 연약지반에서 터널의 바닥부 곡률의 영향을 분석하고자 지반범용해석 프로그램을 이용하여 민감도 분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과 터널의 바닥부 곡률이 커질수록 지반조건 및 지보재 두께와 관계없이 안전율이 크게 산출되어 터널의 안정성이 증가됨을 정량적으로 확인하였다. 또한, 터널의 내공변위 및 숏크리트가 받는 최대 휨응력도 감소하여 터널의 안정성이 증대됨을 확인하였다. 따라서 연약지반에서 터널을 굴착할 경우 바닥부에 곡률을 적용하는 것이 터널의 안정성을 증대시킬 것으로 판단된다.

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