Contributions to the understanding of time dependent behaviour in deep tunnels / Beiträge zum Verständnis des zeitabhängigen Verhaltens von Tunneln unter hoher Überlagerung
Author(s): |
Giovanni Barla
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Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English, German |
Published in: | Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 2011, n. 3, v. 4 |
Page(s): | 255-265 |
DOI: | 10.1002/geot.201100021 |
Abstract: |
This paper deals with the time dependent behaviour and the excavation of deep tunnels in weak rocks. Recent contributions to the formulation of a constitutive model for representing such a behaviour, advanced laboratory testing for parameters identification, and design analysis methods for use in engineering practice are discussed. The Stress Hardening ELasto VIscous Plastic constitutive model (SHELVIP), developed with the intent to analyse the rock mass behaviour of tunnels excavated in severely squeezing conditions in a relatively simple, but complete manner, is presented. Then, an innovative servo controlled triaxial apparatus (HPTA), designed and developed for testing weak rocks, with unconventional features such as accurate measurement systems, advanced mechanical set up, and a relatively high stress working range, both in terms of confining pressure, back pressure and axial load, is presented. Finally, consideration is given to numerical modelling of a tunnel excavated in a severely squeezing rock mass (the Carboniferous Formation along the Lyon-Turin Base Tunnel), where the excavation process has been closely simulated in axisymmetric conditions, and the SHELVIP constitutive model has been introduced. Numerical results are discussed and compared with in situ measurements, in terms of tunnel convergence and stresses in the lining. |
Keywords: |
numeric analysis squeezing rock constitutive laws constitutive model Hidcon elements squeezing rock mass SHELVIP laboratory testing servo-controlled triaxial apparatus (HPTA) Saint Martin La Porte Access Adit Lyon-Turin Base Tunnel numerical investigations
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