• Geomechanics and Engineering
• /
• 제24권4호
• /
• pp.399-406
• /
• 2021

It is a key issue in the tunnel design to evaluate the stability of the excavation face. Two efficient analytical models in the context of the limit equilibrium method (LEM) and the limit analysis method (LAM) are used to carry out the deterministic calculations of the safety factor. The safety factor obtained by these two models agrees well with that provided by the numerical modelling by FLAC 3D, but consuming less time. A simple probabilistic approach based on the Mote-Carlo Simulation technique which can quickly calculate the probability distribution of the safety factor was used to perform the probabilistic analysis on the tunnel face stability. Both the cumulative probabilistic distribution and the probability density function in terms of the safety factor were obtained. The obtained results show the effectiveness of this probabilistic approach in the tunnel design.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
• /
• 제29권3호
• /
• pp.331-338
• /
• 2022

Face stability analyses provides the most probable failure mechanisms and the understanding about parameters that need to be considered for the evaluation of ground movements caused by tunneling. After the Upper Bound Method (UBM) solution which can consider the influence of seepage forces and depth-dependent effective cohesion is verified with the numerical experiments, the probabilistic model is proposed to calculate the unbiased limiting tunnel collapse pressure. A reliability analysis of a shallow circular tunnel driven by a pressurized shield in a frictional and cohesive soil is presented to consider the inherent uncertainty in the input parameters and the proposed model. The probability of failure that exceeding a specified applied pressure at the tunnel face is estimated. Sensitivity and importance measures are computed to identify the key parameters and random variables in the model.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
• /
• 제15권4호
• /
• pp.401-413
• /
• 2013

최근 연약지반 터널 현장에 활용되는 슬러리 쉴드 TBM은 굴진면으로 슬러리가 주입됨으로 그 안정성을 확보하는 공법이다. 하지만 간극이 과다하여 슬러리에 의한 폐색이 발생하지 않는 조립질 지반에서는 적용이 어렵기 때문에 첨가제를 혼입하여 사용하기도 한다. 본 연구에서는 첨가제의 역할로서 탄산가스를 주입함으로 슬러리가 주입되었을 때에 간극 내에 탄산가스가 흡착하여 폐색현상을 촉진시키는 효과를 규명하였다. 실내실험 결과 탄산 혼입에 따라 슬러리 쉴드 터널이 적용 가능한 유효입경이 1.0 mm에서 2.6 mm가량으로 증가하였고, 필터계수 ${\lambda}$가 $0.007sec^{-1}$이상인 경우에 탄산에 의한 효과가 발생함을 알 수 있었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
• /
• 제25권1호
• /
• pp.17-30
• /
• 2021

This paper develops a convenient approach for deterministic and probabilistic evaluations of tunnel face stability using support vector machine classifiers. The proposed method is comprised of two major steps, i.e., construction of the training dataset and determination of instance-based classifiers. In step one, the orthogonal design is utilized to produce representative samples after the ranges and levels of the factors that influence tunnel face stability are specified. The training dataset is then labeled by two-dimensional strength reduction analyses embedded within OptumG2. For any unknown instance, the second step applies the training dataset for classification, which is achieved by an ad hoc Python program. The classification of unknown samples starts with selection of instance-based training samples using the k-nearest neighbors algorithm, followed by the construction of an instance-based SVM-KNN classifier. It eventually provides labels of the unknown instances, avoiding calculate its corresponding performance function. Probabilistic evaluations are performed by Monte Carlo simulation based on the SVM-KNN classifier. The ratio of the number of unstable samples to the total number of simulated samples is computed and is taken as the failure probability, which is validated and compared with the response surface method.

• Steel and Composite Structures
• /
• 제23권3호
• /
• pp.251-261
• /
• 2017

In this paper, thermal effect on the vibration and stability of initially stressed sandwich plates with functionally graded material (FGM) face sheets is analyzed. Material properties of FGM face sheet are graded continuously in the thickness direction. The variation of FGM properties assumes a simple power law distribution in terms of the volume fractions of the constituents. The governing equations of arbitrarily initially-stressed sandwich plates including the effects of transverse shear deformation and rotary inertia are derived. The initial stress is taken to be a combination of a uniaxial extensional stress and a pure bending stress in the examples. The eigenvalue problems are formed to study the vibration and buckling characteristics of simple supported initially stressed FGM/metal/FGM plates. The effects of volume fraction index, temperature rise, initial stress and layer thickness of metal on the natural frequencies and buckling loads are investigated. The results reveal that the volume fraction index, initial stresses and layer thickness of metal have significant influence on the vibration and stability of sandwich plates with FGM face sheets.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
• /
• 제33권5호
• /
• pp.439-451
• /
• 2023

The construction of shield tunnelling in urban sites is facing serious risks from complex and changeable underground conditions. Construction problems in the sand-clay mixed ground have been more reported in recent decades for its poor control of soil loss in tunnel face, ground settlement and supporting pressure. Since the limitations of observation methods, the conventional physical modelling experiments normally simplify the tunnelling to a plane strain situation whose results are not reliable in mixed ground cases which exhibit more complicated responses. We propose a new method for the study of the mixed ground tunnel through which mixed lays are simulated with transparent soil surrogates exhibiting different mechanical properties. An experimental framework for the transparent soil modelling of the mixed ground tunnel was established incorporated with the self-developed digital image correlation system (PhotoInfor). To understand better the response of face stability, ground deformation, settlement and supporting phenomenon to tunnelling excavation in the sand-clay mixed ground, a series of case studies were carried out comparing the results from cases subjected to different buried depths and mixed phenomenon. The results indicate that the deformation mode, settlement and supporting phenomenon vary with the mixed phenomenon and buried depth. Moreover, a stratigraphic effect exists that the ground movement around mixed face reveals a notable difference.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
• /
• 제2권2호
• /
• pp.32-40
• /
• 2000

본 논문에서는 수평보강재로 보강된 터널 막장의 거동에 대한 매개변수 연구를 다루었다. 매개변수 연구에서는 축소모형실험을 수행하였으며 실험 결과를 이용하여 보강막장의 거동을 고찰하였다. 실험결과 터널 막장은 수평보강재로 보강함에 따라 변형이 억제되어 안정성이 증대되는 경향을 보였으며, 이러한 결과는 3차원 유한요소해석 결과와 정성적인 면에서 좋은 일치를 보였다. 따라서 막장 수평보강 공법은 막장의 안정성을 향상시키는 매우 유용한 공법으로 적용될 수 있을 것으로 판단되며, 일반적인 설계법을 개발하기 위해서 3차원 유한요소해석 모델링이 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
• /
• 제23권4호
• /
• pp.74-84
• /
• 1995

Eight types of thin composite panels were manufactured by press-lam and mat-forming process applied to optimum manufacturing condition, studied in former first research by author (1995). They were tested and compared with control boards on dimensional stability, internal bond strength, tensile strength, Screw withdrawal strength, and bending properties. These thin composite panels manufactured by mat-forming process were generally superior to those by press-lam in dimensional stability and mechanical properties. In the dimensional stability and mechanical properties of thin composite panels manufactured by mat-forming process, the thin composite panels (A and E type) composed of particle or sawdust core and veneer face with polyethylene film, were as good as those of common plywood (control board). Internal bond strength showed highest value in the thin composite panel(D type) which composed of particle core and polypropylene screen face with polyethylene film. The thin composite panels(G and H type) composed of sawdust or particle core and polypropylene screen face with polyethylene film by press-lam and mat-forming process, showed most highest value in dimensional stability and water absorption.

• Advances in nano research
• /
• 제17권1호
• /
• pp.1-8
• /
• 2024

In this paper, stability analysis of sandwich toroidal shell segments (TSSs) with carbon nanotube (CNT)-reinforced face sheets featuring various types of auxetic cores, surrounded by elastic foundations under radial pressure is presented. Two distinct types of auxetic structures are considered for the core, including re-entrant auxetic structure and graphene origami (GOri)-enabled auxetic structure. The nonlinear stability equilibrium equations of the longitudinally shallow shells are formulated using the von Karman shell theory, in conjunction with Stein and McElman approximation while considering Winkler-Pasternak's elastic foundation to simulate the interaction between the shell and elastic foundation. The Galerkin method is employed to derive the nonlinear stability responses of the shells. The numerical investigations show the influences of various types of auxetic-core layers, CNT-reinforced face sheets, as well as elastic foundation on the stability of sandwich shells.

• 터널과지하공간
• /
• 제28권2호
• /
• pp.186-192
• /
• 2018

최근에 독일터널위원회(German Tunnelling Committee DAUB)에서 TBM 막장지보의 새로운 계산법을 발표하였다. 이에 따라 보쿰시에 위치한 Ruhr 대학의 Zdenek Zizka와 Markus Thewes가 새로운 방법에 대해 활발한 논의를 하였다. 이러한 권유사항은 다양한 터널막장 지보 계산방법에서 지반조건에 따라 가장 적절한 계산법을 선정하는데 도움이 된다.또한, 막장에 적용되는 지반압 혹은 지하수압에 따른 막장안정 계산법들을 논하였다. 이 보고서에는 Zdenek Zizak and Markus Thewes의 터널 막장지보 계산법에 대한 기술적 논의를 구체적으로 설명하는 것이 목적이다.