Calculation of Rock Pressure in Loess Tunnels Based on Limit Equilibrium Theory and Analysis of Influencing Factors
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https://doi.org/10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3211Keywords:
Surrounding rock pressure, limiting equilibrium theory, shallow buried loess tunnel, rupture angle, damage modeAbstract
The research on the calculation method of tunnel envelope pressure is a key issue in the design of tunnel engineering support structure. Based on the limit equilibrium theory, this paper proposes a method to calculate the surrounding rock pressure in shallow buried loess tunnels. Firstly, based on the investigation of the damage mode of the loess tunnel surrounding rock and the field measurement results of the surrounding rock pressure, the damage mode of the loess tunnel is proposed, and then a method of calculating the surrounding rock pressure applicable to the shallow buried loess tunnel is derived according to the limit equilibrium condition of the tunnel square soil body and the side wedge; the basic mechanical parameters are known in this method, so only the rupture angle β needs to be determined, and the rupture angle calculation model in the shallow buried loess tunnel is proposed Three assumptions are made in the rupture angle calculation model, and the rupture angle calculation formula is derived according to the stress state on the slip surface of the surrounding rock; the pressure of the surrounding rock in the loess tunnel obtained by this method is compared with four methods, namely, the pressure theory of the surrounding rock in the existing loose body of Taishaki, the pressure formula of the deeply buried surrounding rock in the railroad tunnel design code, the Beer Baumann method, and the Xie Jiayi method, in order to verify the correctness and validity of the calculation method used, and to analyze the influence of different parameters on the surrounding rock pressure. The innovation of this paper lies in the derivation of a method for calculating the pressure in the surrounding rock of a shallow buried loess tunnel using the limit equilibrium theory, and also further proposes a formula for calculating the rupture angle. The pressure of surrounding rock decreases with the increase of static earth pressure coefficient, lateral pressure coefficient, friction angle and cohesion in soil, but the static earth pressure coefficient has a greater influence on the surrounding rock pressure. With the increase of sagittal span ratio, tunnel burial depth and soil weight, the surrounding rock pressure peaked with the increase of tunnel burial depth, and the surrounding rock pressure curve increased first and then decreased.
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