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Development of testing apparatus and fundamental study for performance and cutting tool wear of EPB TBM in soft ground

토사지반 EPB TBM의 굴진성능 및 커팅툴 마모량에 관한 실험장비 개발 및 기초연구

  • Received : 2018.02.09
  • Accepted : 2018.03.09
  • Published : 2018.03.31
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Abstract

The excavation performance and the cutting tool wear prediction of shield TBM are very important issues for design and construction in TBM tunneling. For hard-rock TBMs, CSM and NTNU model have been widely used for prediction of disc cutter wear and penetration rate. But in case of soft-ground TBMs, the wear evaluation and the excavation performance have not been studied in details due to the complexity of the ground behavior and therefore few testing methods have been proposed. In this study, a new soil abrasion and penetration tester (SAPT) that simulates EPB TBM excavation process is introduced which overcomes the drawbacks of the previously developed soil abrasivity testers. Parametric tests for penetration rate, foam mixing ratio, foam concentration were conducted to evaluate influential parameters affecting TBM excavation and also ripper wear was measured in laboratory. The results of artificial soil specimen composed of 70% illite and 30% silica sand showed TBM additives such as foam play a key role in terms of excavation and tool wear.

쉴드 TBM 공사에서 굴진율 예측과 마모량 예측은 설계 및 시공 단계에서 공사비와 공기를 추정하는데 매우 중요한 요소이다. 암반지반용 TBM의 경우 실험이나 축적된 현장 data를 기반으로 CSM 모델, NTNU 모델 등이 커터 마모량부터 굴진율 예측까지 널리 사용되고 있으나, 토사지반용 TBM은 지반의 복잡성과 정확한 실험방법의 부재로 인해 이를 정확하게 예측할 수 있는 모델이 없는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 기존에 존재하는 토사지반용 TBM 실험장치들의 단점을 개선하여 TBM 굴착과정을 모사한 실험 장치(Soil Abrasivity Penetration Test, SAPT)를 개발하였다. 회전당 관입 깊이, RPM, 첨가재(foam) 배합비 및 농도 등의 TBM 굴진에 영향을 미치는 주요 변수들에 대한 시험을 실시하여 추력, 토크 등의 변화를 살펴보고 마모량을 측정하였다. 모래(규사) 70%와 점토(일라이트) 30%로 조성된 인공시료에 대한 실험 결과 foam 배합비가 굴진성능과 마모량에 주요한 영향을 끼치는 것으로 나타났다.

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