Mechanical behavior of segment rebar of shield tunnel in construction stage
Jun-sheng CHEN† , Hai-hong MO
(Department of Civil Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China)
(State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China)
Abstract: In this paper, a 3D finite element (FE) program ADINA was applied to analyzing a tunnel with 9 segment rings. Theloads acting on these segment rings included the squeezing action of tail brush of shield machine under attitude deflection, thejacking forces, the grouting pressure and the soil pressure. The analyses focused on the rebar stress in two statuses: (1) normalconstruction status without shield machine squeezing; (2) squeezing action induced by shield machine under attitude deflection. The analyses indicated that the rebar stress was evidently affected by the construction loads. In different construction status, therebar stress ranges from −80 MPa to 50 MPa, and the rebar is in elastic status. Even some cracks appear on segments, the stress ofsegment rebar is still at a low level. It is helpful to incorporate a certain quantity of steel fiber to improve the anti-crack and shockresistance performance.
Key words: Shield tunnel, Construction, Segment, Rebar, Finite element (FE) analysis