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Segmental tunnel linings are designed as initial ground support and final lining in TBM-bored tunnels. Procedures to
design concrete lining for ground and groundwater loads, cross sectional changes in joints, and checks against
production and construction loads such as segment demolding, storage, transportation, handling, TBM jack thrust forces
and grouting pressure are presented. Several recommendations, guidelines and standards are available for analyses
and design of precast concrete segmental linings. These guidelines and standards from various countries in Europe,
Asia and America including Austria (ÖVBB), France (AFTES), Germany (DAUB), Japan (JSCE), the Netherlands (NEN),
United States (FHWA) and International Tunneling Association (ITA) are evaluated. Standard code requirements are
presented and their merits are discussed for the case of design of segments. In this paper, special attention is given to
recommendations and guidelines for analyses of segments for determining ground and groundwater loads in one hand,
and tensile stresses in joints due to jack thrust forces and cross section change in the other. Standard design methods
for precast concrete segments are presented. Best method of practice for analysis and design of these elements is
recommended. Latest developments and technologies in segmental tunnel lining systems are presented including
anchored gaskets, Bicones as shear recovery systems for tunnel openings and fiber reinforced concrete (FRC)
segments. Design of FRC lining for aforementioned load cases are discussed with presentation of specified residual
tensile strength and specified compressive strength as two key design parameters.
2 METHODS OF ANALYSIS FOR GROUND AND In the beam – spring method, recommended by JSCE
GROUNDWATER LOADS (2007), ÖVBB (2011) and FHWA (2009), the lining is
modeled in the cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the
Selection of a suitable analysis method to calculate longitudinal direction of tunnel as a series of beam
member forces due to embedment loads depends on elements spanning between longitudinal joints of
many factors such as functions of the tunnel, ground segments. The interaction between the ground and the
conditions, design loads, structures of segments, required lining is modeled by linear translational springs in radial,
accuracy of analyses, and the required check items tangential and longitudinal directions.
Figure 2. Multiple hinged segmented double ring beam –
spring model
Figure 3. FEM model for tunnel excavation in soft ground Fsd = 0.25 ⋅ N Ed ⋅ (1 − d1 / d s ) [2]
bursting tensile stresses deep in the segment and splitting
tensile forces between the pads. In a similar action to the e 1
Fsd , R = N Ed ⋅ ( − ) ; Fsd , 2 = 0.3 Fsd , R [3]
effect of jack thrust forces in circumferential joints, d 6
bursting tensile stresses are present at the longitudinal
joints due to change of cross section because of the where Fsd, Fsd,R and Fsd,2 are bursting, splitting and
gasket and the stress relief grooves . Different standards, secondary tensile stresses developed close to the
guidelines and recommendations to analyze such effects segment face and NEd is the maximum normal force due
are discussed herein. to jack thrust force or embedment loads.
As shown in Figure 5, for the case of cross section
3.1 ACI Simplified Equations Methods change at the longitudinal joints, e is the total eccentricity
consisting of eccentricity of normal force and the hinge
ACI 318 section 18.13 (ACI, 2008) specifies simplified neck (e = el + ek = M/N + ek), dk is the width of the hinge
equations to determine the magnitude of the bursting neck, d1 is the length of load transfer zone on the face of
force, Tburst, and its centroidal distance from the face of segment (d1 = dk – 2e), ds is the distributed width of
the segment, dburst as: tension block inside the segment (ds = 2e’ = d - 2el) and d
is the total width of the segment cross section. Note that
h anc DAUB recommends splitting and secondary tensile
Tburst = 0.25 Ppu (1 − ) ; d burst = 0.5 ( h − 2e anc ) [1] reinforcement for only highly eccentric normal force
h
conditions (e > d/6).
where Ppu is the normal force, hanc is the width of load
transfer area on the face of segment, h is the width of the
load distribution area deep inside the segment, and eanc is
the total eccentricity with respect to the centroid of the
cross section.
As shown in Figure 4, for the case of jack thrust forces
applied on the circumferential joints, Ppu is the maximum
extraordinary jacking force applied on each jack pad, hanc
is the length of contact area between jack pads and
reduced depth of cross section on the segment face, h is
the depth of cross section, and eanc is the maximum
possible eccentricity of jack pads with respect to the
centroid of the cross section. For the case of cross section (a)
change at the longitudinal joints, Ppu is the maximum
normal force due to permanent embedment loads, and
eanc is the maximum total eccentricity consists of normal
force eccentricity (M/N) and eccentricity of load transfer
area.
(a)
(b)
Figure 11. Design checks for the load case of ground and
groundwater pressure
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