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http://dx.doi.org/10.9711/KTAJ.2018.20.6.1125

The structural analysis and design methods considering joint bursting in the segment lining  

Kim, Hong-Moon (Dept. of Geotechnical Engineering, Pyunghwa Engineering Consultants Ltd.)
Kim, Hyun-Su (Dept. of Geotechnical Engineering, Pyunghwa Engineering Consultants Ltd.)
Jung, Hyuk-Il (Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd.)
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Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association / v.20, no.6, 2018 , pp. 1125-1146 More about this Journal
Abstract
Segment lining applied to the TBM tunnel is mainly made of concrete, and it requires sufficient structural capacity to resist loads received during the construction and also after the completion. When segment lining is design to the Limit State Design, both Ultimate Limit State (ULS) and Service Limit State (SLS) should be met for the possible load cases that covers both permanent and temporary load cases - such as load applied by TBM. When design segment lining, it is important to check structural capacity at the joints as both temporary and permanent loads are always transferred through the segment joints, and sometimes the load applied to the joint is high enough to damage the segment - so called bursting failure. According to the various design guides from UK (PAS 8810, 2016), compression stress at the joint surface can generate bursting failure of the segment. This is normally from the TBM's jacking force applied at the circumferential joint, and the lining's hoop thrust generated from the permanent loads applied at the radial joint. Therefore, precast concrete segment lining's joints shall be designed to have sufficient structural capacity to resist bursting stresses generated by the TBM's jacking force and by the hoop thrust. In this study, bursting stress at the segment joints are calculated, and the joint's structural capacity was assessed using Leonhardt (1964) and FEM analysis for three different design cases. For those three analysis cases, hoop thrust at the radial joint was calculated with the application of the most widely used limit state design codes Eurocode and AASHTO LRFD (2017). For the circumferential joints bursting design, an assumed TBM jack force was used with considering of the construction tolerance of the segments and the eccentricity of the jack's position. The analysis results show reinforcement is needed as joint bursting stresses exceeds the allowable tensile strength of concrete. This highlights that joint bursting check shall be considered as a mandatory design item in the limit state design of the segment lining.
Keywords
Joint bursting; Segment lining; TBM; Limit state design; Structural analysis;
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