Optimization method of shield tunnel starting end reinforcement solution

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12141505-B2
Application number	US-202117593099-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2021
Priority date	May 13, 2021
Publication date	Nov 12, 2024
Grant date	Nov 12, 2024

Abstract

An optimization method of shield tunnel starting end reinforcement solution, which specifically includes the following steps: acquiring shield tunnel engineering data and temperature variation curves of thermometer holes; constructing a numerical model with thermal convection and a hydro-thermal coupling numerical model respectively according to the shield tunnel engineering data, wherein a first temperature variation curve and a second temperature variation curve can be obtained after carrying out numerical simulations on the above two models; the influence of seepage on the development law of a temperature field can be obtained by comparing and analyzing the temperature variation curves of the thermometer holes with the first and the second temperature variation curves; and finally the existing freezing solution of the shield tunnel is optimized according to the influence of the seepage on the development law of the temperature field, to ensure safe use of the shield tunnel.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An optimization method of shield tunnel starting end reinforcement solution based on construction requirements, comprising the steps of:
step S 1 , acquiring shield tunnel engineering data and temperature variation curves of temperature measuring holes;
constructing a numerical model with thermal convection according to the shield tunnel engineering data, and obtaining a first temperature variation curve according to the numerical model with thermal convection;
constructing a hydro-thermal coupling numerical model according to the shield tunnel engineering data, and obtaining a second temperature variation curve according to the hydro-thermal coupling numerical model, by setting the constraint conditions, whereby the constraint conditions comprises that the soil mass being a saturated, homogeneous, isotropic and porous medium; a total porosity being constant; an evaporation process of water being neglected; a thermal conduction of frozen porous media satisfying Fourier law; and ice being fixed and undeformed; establishing the geometric model according to the shield tunnel engineering data and carrying out the mesh subdivision; selecting material parameters, determining the load and the boundary condition parameters; establishing a water mass conservation equation and an energy conservation equation; and by acquiring the second temperature variation curve of the simulated temperature measuring holes in the hydro-thermal coupling numerical model corresponding to the actual temperature measuring holes selected for the temperature variation curves of the temperature measuring holes;
comparing the temperature variation curves of the temperature measuring holes, the first temperature variation curve and the second temperature variation curve to obtain an influence of seepage on the development law of a temperature field; and
optimizing a freezing scheme according to the influence of the seepage on the development law of the temperature field to prevent the collapse of the shield tunnel.

2. The optimization method of the shield tunnel starting end reinforcement solution according to the claim 1 , wherein the shield tunnel engineering data comprises an arrangement of freezing pipes, spacing between different rows of freezing pipes, spacing between freezing pipe holes in the same row, distances between the freezing pipes and diaphragm walls, diameters and lengths of the freezing pipes, diameters and lengths of temperature tubes and depths of the temperature measuring holes.

3. The optimization method of the shield tunnel starting end reinforcement solution according to the claim 1 , wherein the numerical model with thermal convection according to the shield tunnel engineering data comprises setting constraint conditions;
establishing a geometric model according to the shield tunnel engineering data and carrying out a mesh subdivision;
selecting material parameters, determining load and boundary condition parameters; and
acquiring the first temperature variation curve of simulated temperature measuring holes in the numerical model with thermal convection corresponding to actual temperature measuring holes selected for the temperature variation curves of the temperature measuring holes.

4. The optimization method of the shield tunnel starting end reinforcement solution according to the claim 3 , wherein the constraint conditions comprises that a cooling capacity directly acting on outer walls of freezing pipes; a phase transition reaction occurring at a soil mass temperature below −1° C.; the soil mass being considered as mean and isotropic; and an initial temperature of the soil mass at each location being the same, and no water in the soil mass migrating.

5. The optimization method of the shield tunnel starting end reinforcement solution according to the claim 1 , wherein an expression of the water mass conservation equation is:

(

1
-

ε
⁢

S
i

)

⁢

S
OP

⁢

∂
p

∂
t

+

∇

[

-

k
r

⁢
K
⁢

•
⁡
(

∇
p

+

ρ
w

⁢
g
⁢

∇
D

)

]

=

Q
S

+

Q
T

;

wherein S OP is a water storage per unit pressure, S i and p are pressures, ε is a porosity, t is time, k r is an effective hydraulic conductivity of permeability reduction in a water-ice transition region, k is a hydraulic conductivity coefficient, ρ w is a fluid density, ∇D is a gravity gradient tensor, Q S represents source and sink, Q T represents a temperature-induced mass increase, and its expression is:

Q
T

=

ε
⁡
(

ρ
w

-

ρ
i

)

⁢

∂

S
i

∂
t

wh

Assignees

• Univ Hainan

Inventors

• Hu Jun
• Zhan Jianjian
• Liu Wenbo
• Chen Lu
• Xiong Ming
• Zhang Hongshuo
• Wang Zhixin
• Zeng Hui
• Jia Lin

Classifications

• G06F2119/08

  Thermal analysis or thermal optimisation · CPC title

• E21D9/001

  Improving soil or rock, e.g. by freezing; Injections (for sinking shafts E21D1/10; injection of liquids for binding dust E21F5/18; improving or preserving foundation soil or rock E02D3/00; borehole closures, i.e. packers, for use during the injection process E21B33/12) · CPC title

• G06F30/23

  using finite element methods [FEM] or finite difference methods [FDM] · CPC title

• G06F30/13 Primary

  Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads · CPC title