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Analysis of Chamber Pressure for Earth Pressure Balance Shield Machine by Discrete Numerical Model

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Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2009)

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Taking the shield machine tunneling in a railway section as the research object, the discrete element numerical model for analyzing the chamber pressure is established. Comparing the numerical simulation results of the observed pressure on the chamber board with the field construction data, the validity and the feasibility of the simulation method is testified. Then the pressure distribution rules on the chamber board in different opening ratios of the cutting wheel and tunnel axis depth are studied, and the mathematical model of the pressure distribution is proposed. The mapping relation between the excavation face pressure and the chamber board pressure is advanced. The results provide basis for the design and control of the earth pressure balance shield machine.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 116024, Dalian, China

    Fuzheng Qu & Wei Sun

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, 116028, Dalian, China

    Li Wu

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  1. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore

    Ming Xie

  2. School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, P. R. China

    Youlun Xiong

  3. School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, P.R. China

    Caihua Xiong

  4. Institute of Industrial Research, University of Portsmouth, PO1 3QL, Portsmouth, UK

    Honghai Liu

  5. Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Kumamoto University, 860-8555, Kumamoto, Japan

    Zhencheng Hu

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Qu, F., Wu, L., Sun, W. (2009). Analysis of Chamber Pressure for Earth Pressure Balance Shield Machine by Discrete Numerical Model. In: Xie, M., Xiong, Y., Xiong, C., Liu, H., Hu, Z. (eds) Intelligent Robotics and Applications. ICIRA 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5928. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10817-4_40

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