Simplified design of excavation support and shafts for safety against hydraulic heave / Einfache Bemessung von Baugruben und Schächten im Hinblick auf die Sicherheit gegen hydraulischen Grundbruch
Author(s): |
Benjamin Aulbach
Martin Ziegler |
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Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English, German |
Published in: | Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 2013, n. 4, v. 6 |
Page(s): | 362-374 |
DOI: | 10.1002/geot.201300031 |
Abstract: |
Within tunnelling starting and target pits are required as well as several pits and shafts e.g. for stations or grouting works. Here the failure by hydraulic heave has to be considered. For the determination of the required embedded length for the safety against hydraulic heave often approximate solutions are used. However these approximate solutions can lead to unsafe or overdesigned results. Others are unpractical as the embedded length is input parameter and target value at the same time. Thus extensive numerical investigations have been carried out for plane and spatial conditions as well as for homogenous, isotropic and for both stratified and anisotropic soil. More than 100 design charts (Fig 1). have been evolved from these results. These design charts allow the determination of the required embedded length considering the soil conditions and the geometrical conditions. In addition to the numerical investigations and the related design charts a formula for the determination of the required embedded length has been developed. The basic formula is quite simple and can be used for two-dimensional conditions. However an extended formula can be used for spatial conditions, separated for the corner, the front and the long side of construction pits. Furthermore by the use of add-ons the formula allows the determination of the required length for different unity weights or a variant safety-level. Hence the formula is a tool which can replace extensive calculations in many cases or can provide realistic reference values for complicated construction pits and soil conditions. Moreover the formula can be implemented into software for the determination of the statically required embedded length. Thus the effortful switchover between software for the static and flow calculation becomes lapsed. |
Keywords: |
design hydraulic heave construction pit anchoring depth dimensioninig groundwater seepage flow shaft embedded length chart formula
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