• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.323-330
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• 2012

The use of lattice girder is increased rapidly as a substitute for H-steel ribs at the tunnel sites in Korea. Ground loads acting on the tunnel are supported by shotcrete and lattice girders. To assess the safety of the tunnel, it is essential to obtain field measurements for the lattice girders; however, lattice girder measurements have rarely been performed at tunnel sites, and the method of measurement is not well established. In the present study we suggest a load cell method for the instrumentation of tunnels with lattice girders. Actual measurements of ground loads acting on lattice girders are presented for a specific tunnel under construction.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.155-168
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• 1997

Lattice girder is a new steel support developed in Europe for the replacement of an existing H-shaped steel set, which is installed after tunnel excavation. Lattice girder has the following several advantages : 1. Lattice girder minimizes the amount of shotcrete shadow which happens to occur behind a steel support. 2. A triangular shape of lattice girder makes shotcrete placed efficiently. 3. Lattice girder provides a good bond strength for shotcrete, which makes the composite structure of lattice girder and shotcrete behave monolithic, and therefore, the rock load can be supported effectively by the lattice girder system, This paper presents the results from a model wall test, a strength test for shotcrete shot on the model wall and a strength test for the bond between lattice girder and shotcrete. These tests proved that lattice-girder system is superior to H-shaped steel-set system concerning the shotcrete rebound rate, the developed shotcrete strength and the adhesion characteristics.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.201-214
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• 2013

Lattice girders are widely used as a substitute for H-steel ribs at domestic tunnels. However, lattice girders have a weak point in terms of the support capacity compare to H-steel ribs because of the lower stiffness and the weakness of the welded parts. To improve the weakness of the lattice girder, reformed lattice girders are developed in Korea by adding one more spider and having flat welded surface. Laboratory tests and field measurements were performed for the original and the reformed lattice girders to evaluate the performance of the reformed lattice girders. According to the laboratory compression test, reformed lattice girders have 16% higher load bearing capacity than that of original lattice girders. Reformed lattice girders are more stable than original lattice girders because reformed lattice girders tend to bend less according to the field measurements.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.204-213
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• 1999

NATM(New Austrian Tunnelling Method) uses a support system of shotcrete, rockbolt and steel support, which are installed after tunnel excavation. Recently, a lattice girder among these support system is used in tunnelling. A lattice girder is a new steel support developed in Europe for the replacement of an existing H-shaped steel set, which is reported to have some problems in installation. This is a triangular shape welded with steel rods and is a light-weight support system which enables fast and easy installation of porepolling. The major advantage of a lattice girder is the good bonding with shotcrete. In this study, to evaluate the applicability of a lattice girder in tunnelling in Korea, field tests were performed at a high speed railway tunnel with a large section. Also, features of lattice girder in field tests were compared with those of a H-shaped steel set respectively. Field tests proved that a lattice girder fully supported the initial earth pressure developed right after excavation and limited ground deformation effectively.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.267-278
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• 2012

In general, the H-shaped steel ribs or triangular lattice girders have been mostly used in constructing tunnels through the NATM construction method. The H-shaped steel rib has higher flexural and axial strength than the triangular lattice girder, but many unexpected gaps can occur in the concrete lining system after shotcreting if the H-shaped steel rib is used as the support system. To achieve better shotcreting quality, the triangular lattice girder was developed. However, in general, the triangle lattice girder has low flexural and axial strength. Likewise, the triangular lattice girder, which has circular sectional members, has so many fractures from welded points at the joints between the members. Finally, the new type of tetragonal lattice girder was developed to overcome those problems. In this study, the structural performance of the tetragonal lattice girders was evaluated through analytical and experimental studies. In the analytical studies, the four-point bending analysis, the traditional evaluation method to determine the flexural strength of the lattice girder, was performed. Moreover, the linear-elastic analysis and stability analysis of the arch structure made by the lattice girders were performed to measure structural performance. Experiments were likewise performed to compare the structural performances of the tetragonal girder with traditional triangular lattice girders.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.163-176
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• 1997

It has long been recognized that the H-beam steel rib has many shortcomings when used as a steel support in tunneling. One of the major shortcomings is the shotcrete shadow created behind H-beam flange which eventually reduces the load bearing capacity of shotcrete shell. In many European countries, plate girder as the H-beam steel rib has been replaced by lattice girder which has many advantages over the H-beam steel rib. Successful application of the lattice girder as a steel support requires a thorough investigation on the load bearing capacity of the lattice girder. Therefore, laboratory bending and compression tests were conducted on lattice girders with the aim of investigating the load bearing capacity of the lattice girders. The results of tests show that the load bearing capacity of laIn twice girders is higher than that of H-beams, which indicates that the lattice girder can be effectively used as a support in tunneling.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.269-275
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• 2009

The use of lattice girder is increased at the tunnel site in Korea recently for the substitute of H-steel rib. However, field measurements at the lattice girder are rarely performed at the tunnel site and the method of the measurement is not well established. The use of the vibrating wire strain gauges used for the H-steel rib was proven to be not suitable for the strain measurements of the lattice girder according to the previous research. The credibility of the load cell was investigated using laboratory compression tests for load cells, specially manufactured for the lattice girder far this study, installed at the specimen of the lattice girder. The method of the tunnel instrumentation for the lattice girder using the load cell is given from the interpretation of the compression test results.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.15 no.4 s.57
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• pp.243-249
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• 2005

Structural behavior of lattice girders of different loading conditions, loading patterns and shapes was analyzed by MIDAS, the finite element method. Optimal condition for lattice girders was represented.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.93-102
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• 2008

The use of lattice girder is increased at the tunnel site in Korea because of the several advantages over the traditional H-steel rib. The lattice girder supports the ground with shotcretes, forming a combined support system. Therefore, stress measurements at the lattice girder are necessary to calculated the ground loads. However, field measurements at the lattice girder are rarely performed at the tunnel site. The proper way of stress measurements for the lattice girder is not fully established in Korea. The correction of stress measurements at the shotcretes is often disregarded even though the measured stresses include non-stress related strains. Results of the stress measurements obtained from the lattice girder and non-stress shotcretes are used to improve the credibility of the stress measurements at the primary lining.

• Proceedings of the KSEEG Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.671-673
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• 2007