• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제23권9호
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• pp.841-849
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• 2013

Workers engaged in construction works have been exposed to high levels of noise during their work in tunnels. Noise is one of the major health hazards for employees working in construction sites. The aim of this study is to evaluate the noise levels generating from tunneling equipments such as jumbo drills, backhoes, payloaders, shotcrete machines and service cars. Explosion and turbo fan noises were also monitored. A high precision sound level meter was introduced for measuring LAeq, LAFmax, LAFmin and LCpeak noises in 5 tunneling work sites that were located in Seoul, Kyunggi-do and Kangwon-do areas with NATM and shield methods. The highest noise was recorded by explosion(151.9 dB LCpeak) followed by jumbo drills of higher than 110 dB(A) LAeq. Backhoe normally generated 90~110 dB(A) LAeq while breaking work of rock showed additional around 5~15 dB(A). Noise exposure levels for payloader and shotcrete machine scored more than 90 dB(A) which might be a source of noise-induced hearing loss. Additional research in revealing noise levels from construction equipments operating in tunneling works may enhance the protection of workers who exposed to noise primarily at the sites.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.325-336
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• 2022

This paper analyzes the ground surface settlements induced by side-by-side twin shield tunnels bored in sedimentary soils, which primarily consist of sand with clay strata above the tunnel crown. The measurements were obtained during the construction of twin tunnels underneath the Incheon International Airport (IIA) located in Korea. The measured surface settlement troughs are approximated with Gaussian functions. The trough width parameters i and K of the settlement troughs produced by the first and second tunnel passings are determined, along with those for the total settlement trough. The surface settlement troughs produced by the first shield passing are reasonably represented by a symmetric Gaussian curve. The surface settlement troughs induced by the second shield tunnel display marginal asymmetric shapes at selected sections. The total settlement troughs are fitted both with a shifted symmetric Gaussian function and the superposition method utilizing an asymmetric function for the incremental trough produced by the second tunnel. It is revealed that the superposition method does not always produce better fits with the total settlement. Instead, the shifted symmetric Gaussian function is overall demonstrated to provide more favorable agreements with the recordings. Therefore, the shifted symmetric Gaussian function is recommended to be used in the design for the prediction of the settlement in clays caused by twin tunneling considering the simplicity of the procedure compared with the superposition method. The amount of increase in the width parameter K for the twin tunnel relative to that for the single tunnel is quantified, which can be used for a preliminary estimate of the surface settlement in clay induced by twin shield tunnels.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.37-47
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• 2007

환경훼손 및 주거 과밀지역의 민원을 최소화할 목적으로 도심지 공사에서 쉴드터널공법의 적용이 날로 증대되고 있다. 쉴드터널의 주 구조체인 라이닝 세그멘트는 연속체가 아닌 이음부를 가지는 구조로 되어져 있다. 지금까지 설계실무에서는 라이닝 세그멘트의 구조해석 모델이나 설계하중 및 지반정수의 영향 등에 대한 별다른 검증 평가없이 과거의 국내 외 설계자료를 관행적으로 적용하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 국 내외에서 현재 사용하고 있는 쉴드터널의 세그멘트 해석 및 설계 모델들에 대해 이론해와 수치해의 비교를 통하여 적정성을 평가하였다. 그 결과, 사용의 편이성과 현장조건 의 적용성, 해석결과의 적용성 측면에서 전주면빔이음스프링 모델(1R-S0)을 제안하였다. 그리고, 제안된 모델을 이용하여 이음부 강성과 지반강성, 이음부 분할 분포 및 분할 개수 등에 대한 매개변수 해석을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 이음부를 갖는 라이닝 세그멘트에 발생하는 휨모멘트는 일정한 크기 이상의 지반강성에서 이음부가 없는 연속체의 라이닝 세그멘트에 발생하는 휨모멘트의 크기에 일정한 비율로 수렴함을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 이음부의 강성이 작을수록 측벽부에 비하여 천정부와 바닥부의 휨모멘트가, 수평변위에 비하여 수직변위가 이음부 분할 분포에 따라 큰 영향을 받는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1995년도 Proceedings of the Korea Automation Control Conference, 10th (KACC); Seoul, Korea; 23-25 Oct. 1995
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• pp.240-243
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• 1995

In excavating tunnels, shield tunneling machines having many cutters on their cutter planes are used. Not many observation data being available in the detection system, optimal observation policy is very important. From this viewpoint, we previously considered the optimal location of acoustic sensors on the cutter plane and also the optimal observation policy for the case where three receiving transducers were used, and showed that the optimal sensor location was given as arbitrary equally-spaced points on the cutter plane circle, and that the optimal rotating angles were also found to be arbitrary. In application, however, it is often difficult to locate sensors at arbitrary positions or to use three sensors from the viewpoints of machine structure and cost. This paper considers the optimal observation policy for detecting anomlous plane objects for the case where two receiving transducers are used and the case where three receiving transducers are located only on a diameter of the cutter plane.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2005년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.401-408
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• 2005

Recently shield TBM tunnellings are being applied to subway construction in Korean cities. Generally these kinds of tunnellings have the problems in the stability of ground such as subsidence because urban subway is constructed in the shallow depth. A sinkhole occurred on the road just above the tunnel during tunneling in Kwangju, so a survey for upper layer of the tunnel was needed. But conventional Ground Probing Radar can't be applicable due to the presence of steel-mesh screen in the shield segment, so no existent geophysical method is applicable in this site. Because the outer surface of each shield segment is electrically insulated, dipole-dipole resistivity method which is popular in engineering site investigation, was tried to this survey for the first time. Specially manufactured flexible ring-type electrodes were installed into the grouting holes at an interval of 2.4 m on the ceiling. The K-Ohm II system which has been developed by KIGAM and tested successfully in many sites, was used in this site. The system consists of 1000Volt-1Ampere constant-current transmitter, optically isolated 24 bit sigma-delta A/D conversion receiver - maximum 12 channel simultaneous measurements, and graphical automatic acquisition software for easy data quality check in real time. Borehole camera logging with circular white LED lighting was also done to investigate the state of the layer. Measured resistivity data lack of some stations due to failing opening lids of holes, shows general high-low trend well. The dipole-dipole resistivity inversion results discriminate (1) one approximately 4 meter diameter cavity (grouted but incompletely hardened, so low resistivity - less than $30{\Omega}m$), (2) weak zone (100-200${\Omega}m$), and (3) hard zone (high resistivity - more than 1000${\Omega}m$) very well for the distance of 320 meters. The 2-D inversion neglects slight absolute 3-D effect, but we can get satisfactory and useful information. Acquired resistivity section and video tapes by borehole camera logging will be reserved and reused if some problem occurs in this site in the future.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.291-300
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• 2022

Tunnel boring machines combined with the earth pressure balanced shield method (EPB shield TBMs) have been adopted in urban areas as they allow excavation of tunnels with limited ground deformation through continuous and repetitive excavation and support. Nevertheless, the expansion of TBM construction requires much more minor and exquisitely controlled surface settlement to prevent economic loss. Several parametric studies controlling the tunnel's geometry, ground properties, and TBM operational factors assuming ordinary conditions for EPB shield TBM excavation have been conducted, but the impact of excessive excavation on the induced settlement has not been adequately studied. This study conducted a numerical evaluation of surface settlement induced by the ground loss from face imbalance, excessive excavation, and tail void grouting. The numerical model was constructed using FLAC3D and validated by comparing its result with the field data from literature. Then, parametric studies were conducted by controlling the ground stiffness, face pressure, tail void grouting pressure, and additional volume of muck discharge. As a result, the contribution of these operational factors to the surface settlement appeared differently depending on the ground stiffness. Except for the ground stiffness as the dominant factor, the order of variation of surface settlement was investigated, and the volume of additional muck discharge was found to be the largest, followed by the face pressure and tail void grouting pressure. The results from this study are expected to contribute to the development of settlement prediction models and understanding the surface settlement behavior induced by TBM excavation.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.519-534
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• 2019

최근 국내 터널공사에서 낙반사고의 위험성이 낮고 진동과 소음이 적은 쉴드 TBM을 이용한 기계화 터널공법이 많이 적용되는 추세이며, 이러한 쉴드 TBM으로 터널 굴착 시 적절한 굴착속도를 설계하는 것이 무엇보다 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 ${\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}{\sim}{\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}$ 고속철도 쉴드 TBM 공사구간에 대하여 지반조사 결과와 TBM 굴진데이터를 분석하고 이를 기존 연구자들에 의해 제안된 경험적 굴착속도 예측방법에 적용하였다. 또한, 현장 굴진데이터 중 커터 당 추력과 지반 일축압축강도와의 상관관계를 분석하고 이를 통해 TBM 터널 설계 시 커터 당 추력과 일축압축강도를 변수로 굴착속도를 예측할 수 있는 간편 모델을 도출하였다. 기존 해외의 여러 굴착속도 예측 모델들을 해당 TBM 현장에 적용한 결과 예측치와 측정된 굴착속도는 약 50~500%의 비교적 큰 오차를 보인 반면, 본 연구에서 도출된 굴착속도 예측모델은 평균 약 15%의 오차율을 나타내어 추후 유사한 지반조건을 가진 쉴드 TBM 현장에 대해서 적용성이 높을 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.59-73
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• 2021

There frequently exists inadequacy regarding the number of boreholes installed along tunnel alignment. While geophysical imaging techniques are available for pre-tunnelling geological characterization, they aim to detect specific object (e.g., water body and karst cave). There remains great motivation for the industry to develop a real-time identification technology relating complex geological conditions with the existing tunnelling parameters. This study explores the potential for the use of machine learning-based data driven approaches to identify the change in geology during tunnel excavation. Further, the feasibility for machine learning-based anomaly detection approaches to detect the development of clayey clogging is also assessed. The results of an application of the machine learning-based approaches to Xi'an Metro line 4 are presented in this paper where two tunnels buried in the water-rich sandy soils at depths of 12-14 m are excavated using a 6.288 m diameter EPB shield machine. A reasonable agreement with the measurements verifies their applicability towards widening the application horizon of machine learning-based approaches.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.1073-1090
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• 2018

국내 공동구는 주로 신도시 개발사업에 포함되어 건설되었기 때문에 모두 개착 BOX 형태를 이루고 있으나 기존 시가지를 대상으로 독자적 공동구를 건설 중인 해외의 경우 터널식 공동구 형태를 주로 채택하고 있다. 공동구의 사회적 요구가 큰 중심가 도심지는 교통량이 많아 장기적으로 차로를 차단하거나 우회 차로 설치가 곤란한 것이 일반적이므로 터널식 공동구 설치가 합리적이라 하겠다. 이러한 터널식 공동구 활성화를 위해 공동구 최적 설계용량 및 수용시설(전력, 통신, 상수도 등)별 상호 영향인자(열간섭 및 전식, 유지관리 효율성 등)를 고려한 최적화된 단면설계 기술력을 확보할 필요가 있다. 터널식 공동구의 최적단면 설계기술이란 결국 공동구내 수용시설의 최적 배치기법을 도출하는 것이라 할 수 있다. 이러한 설계기법 도출을 위해 우선적으로 해외의 터널식 공동구(Shield TBM, Conventional Tunneling) 내공단면 적용 사례를 조사하여, 단면 내 수용시설의 배치현황, 부대시설 설치 등의 특징을 분석하고, 또한 국내 외의 공동구 설계기준 및 지침서에서 제시하고 있는 내공단면 설계(배치)와 관련한 기준사항들을 정리 분석할 필요가 있다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.38-45
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• 2019

In this paper, the stability of the tunnel boring machine (TBM), used in tunnel excavation, according to the thrust force of the thrust jack was investigated. The existing hydraulic cylinder analysis method is fluid-structure interaction (FSI) analysis, where all of the flow setting and dynamic characteristics should be considered. Therefore, there is a need for a method to solve this problem simply and quickly. To facilitate this, the theoretical pressure in the hydraulic cylinder was calculated and compared with the analytical and experimental results. In the case of the analysis, the pressure generated inside the cylinder was analyzed statically, considering the operating characteristics of the shield TBM, and the stress and pressure were calculated. This method simplifies the analysis environment and shortens the analysis time compared to the existing analysis method. The obtained theoretical and analytical data were compared with the measured data during actual tunneling, and the analysis and experimental data showed a relative error of approximately 23.89%.