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Uncertainty in the Stability for Excavated Surface during the Cutter Replacement in Tunneling Construction

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  • Shiguang Chen
  • Hai Li
  • Juchuan He
  • Zhongwei Li
  • Jin Tao
  • Qian Zhai
  • A. M. Bastos Pereira

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In the process of tunnel excavation, the cutter wear rate is accelerated when the tunnel boring machine (TBM) passes through the rock stratum and the cutter is commonly replaced frequently during the excavation. In the replacement stage, the stability of the excavation surface is crucial to the operation of the project. In this study, commercial software PLAXIS3D is adopted for the evaluation of the stability of the excavation surface by considering different scenarios. The Hoek–Brown failure criterion is adopted as the constitutive model for the rock in the numerical analysis. Various failure modes under different working conditions are obtained. The results from the numerical analyses indicate that the excavation surface during the replacement is stable for those different scenarios. The factor of safety (FoS) for the stability of the excavation surface varies from 2.88 to 14.04. The failure modes near the excavation surface can be divided into four types: (i) central inward invasion, (ii) bilateral inward invasion, (iii) sliding, and (iv) outward invasion. With the increase of support pressure, the safety factor increases first and then decreases.

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  • Shiguang Chen & Hai Li & Juchuan He & Zhongwei Li & Jin Tao & Qian Zhai & A. M. Bastos Pereira, 2022. "Uncertainty in the Stability for Excavated Surface during the Cutter Replacement in Tunneling Construction," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi, vol. 2022, pages 1-10, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:hin:jnlmpe:3381003
    DOI: 10.1155/2022/3381003
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