Surface Settlements Caused by Three-Bench Seven-Step-Excavation of Large Span Twin Tunnels

Abstract:

As a new method, the three-bench seven-step-excavation method is more and more adopted by the construction of large span tunnel in weak rock mass. At the portal of Yunyangshan tunnel, there is a long section of the mild clay stratum. Considered that the whole excavated cross section area is very large, the three-bench seven-step-excavation method was adopted. In order to investigate the surface settlements caused by the construction of twin tunnels, three typical cross-section were selected. At each section, the ground surface settlements were monitored. It is shown that the depth of tunnel and the construction time of twin tunnels have influence on the surface settlement curves, and the three-bench seven-step-excavation is effective in the mild clay stratum.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 744-746)
• Pages: 988-991
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.744-746.988
• Online since: March 2015
• Authors: Li Yan*, Jun Sheng Yang, Kang Nan
• Keywords: Field Measurement, Large Span Twin Tunnels, Surface Settlement, Three-Bench Seven-Step Excavation

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