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Proceedings Shotcrete for Underground Support XI Engineering Conferences International Year 2009 TUNNELLING IN SQUEEZING AND SWELLING ROCK BY USING HIGH DEFORMABLE CONCRETE ELEMENTS Patrick Steiner Solexperts AG, Switzerland, [email protected] This paper is posted at ECI Digital Archives. http://dc.engconfintl.org/shotcrete/20

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Page 1: TUNNELLING IN SQUEEZING AND SWELLING ROCK BY USING …

Proceedings

Shotcrete for Underground Support XI

Engineering Conferences International Year 2009

TUNNELLING IN SQUEEZING AND

SWELLING ROCK BY USING HIGH

DEFORMABLE CONCRETE

ELEMENTS

Patrick SteinerSolexperts AG, Switzerland, [email protected]

This paper is posted at ECI Digital Archives.

http://dc.engconfintl.org/shotcrete/20

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Deformation ε in %

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Sprayed concrete support of high bearing capacity hiDCon-high deformable concrete

Tunnelling >> Deformable concrete elements

Geotechnology Hydrogeology Monitor ing

Yielding support is the state of the art technique for tunnelling in heavily squeezing rock. hiDCon elements are being used successfully as yielding support in a number of projects.

Saint Martin la Porte access tunnel, change from stiff to yielding support (source: Razel/Bilfinger Berger/Pizzarotti)

σθ

σθ

σr σr

σθσθ, σ1

8.5 MPa

σr

∆L, ∆R, ∆T

∆R

LR

pa

uaa

stiff support

yielding support

Displacement u

rock

pre

ssur

e p

= p

a

• Yielding stress level between 2.5 –18 N/mm2 and deformation 35 – 55 %

• Precasted elements: wide range of element shapes

• Resistant to shear stress

• Uniform load transmission to the shotcrete

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Tunnel support system:

hiDCon properties

hiDCon element in yielding tunnel support system, 15% deformation

The tunnel support system was changed to yielding shotcrete to manage the difficult, heavily squeezing rock conditions. This support system consists of steel ribs or lattice girders, hiDCon elements and shotcrete. The final lining is cast in place 80 – 100 m behind the face.

With each fraction of millimetre with which the rock mass moves, the amount of

pressure acting on the lining decreases.

Wiesmann (1914)

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Deformed initial profile

hiDCon

Different hiDCon mixtures

Stress reduction with hiDCon elements in the lining

St. Martin la Porte access tunnel: Detail of hiDCon elements within the yielding tunnel support

Example project: Saint Martin la Porte access tunnel-LTF (Lyon-Turin-Ferroviaire) Base Tunnel

Difference between stiff and yielding support