Two Underground Pedestrian Passages Using Pipe Jacking: Case Study
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 145, Issue 2
Abstract
This case report presents two pedestrian passages underneath an urban expressway with a spacing of 0.5 m, which were constructed using rectangular pipe jacking technology in Nanjing, China. To better understand the field performance and the geoenvironmental impacts of rectangular pipe jacking technology, real-time monitoring was conducted with the installation of measurement devices at 43 measurement points. These points were set up to measure lateral earth pressure, excess pore water pressure, soil lateral displacement, and ground surface settlement. By analyzing field measurement data and operational parameters, this study documents operational parameters throughout the jacking process of two successively constructed tunnels and presents geoenvironmental impacts of the rectangular pipe jacking technology. In this process, the study finds that large ground settlements around the jacking shaft were due to the strong soil-carrying effect of the rectangular pipe jacking technology.
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Acknowledgments
Sincere gratitude is extended to China Tiesiju Civil Engineering Group Co., Ltd., for the assistance in field data collection. Moreover, the first author would like to express his gratitude to Nanjing Tongli Construction Group Co., Ltd., for providing detailed construction parameters of rectangular pipe jacking. The research work described herein was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41672257) and by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Project 2018B12914). The insightful comments and suggestions from four anonymous reviewers, the editor, and the associate editor are sincerely appreciated.
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Received: Aug 28, 2017
Accepted: Jul 30, 2018
Published online: Nov 27, 2018
Published in print: Feb 1, 2019
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