due to urbanization and population increase, need for metro tunnels, has been considerably increased in urban areas. estimating the surface settlement caused by tunnel excavation is an important task especially where the tunnels are excavated in urban areas or beneath important structures. many models have been established for this purpose by extracting the relationship between the settlement a...

Maximum surface settlement (MSS) is an important parameter for the design and operation of earth pressure balance (EPB) shields that should determine before operate tunneling. Artificial intelligence (AI) methods are accepted as a technology that offers an alternative way to tackle highly complex problems that can’t be modeled in mathematics. They can learn from examples and they are able...

Recently, many studies have been conducted on the stratum deformation induced by earth pressure balance (EPB) shield tunneling in soft soil and sand. Movement laws vary largely among different strata. However, at present, relevant research mainly focuses sand, whereas little attention has paid to movement law of round gravel with higher instability. In this study, a field monitoring test was ca...

To control tunneling risk, the prediction of surface settlement rate induced by shield using earth pressure balance plays a crucial role. achieve this, ten independent variables were identified that can affect amount settlement. The nonlinear relationship between maximum ground settlements and influential was considered in artificial neural network (ANN) models. A total 150 genuine datasets der...

Model parameters of conditioned soils in head chamber of shield machine are determined based on tri-axial compression tests in laboratory. The loads acting on tunneling face are estimated according to static earth pressure principle. Based on Duncan-Chang nonlinear elastic constitutive model, the earth pressures on head chamber of shield machine are simulated. The variation of earth pressure on...

The simulation of the advancing process for arbitrary alignments during shield tunneling requires a continuous adaption of the finite element mesh in the vicinity of the tunnel face in conjunction with a steering algorithm for the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) advance. Moreover, the finite element mesh should match the actual motion path of the shield machine resulting from the FE-analysis in eac...

The slurry–earth pressure balance dual-mode shield has an earth (EPB) and slurry functions. Based on a tunnel project of Guangzhou Metro Line 12 in China, this study investigates the clogging prevention composed stratum with medium–coarse sand argillaceous siltstone. results show that mode was not applicable to excavated soil accumulated easily chamber, causing clogging. total thrust force incr...