2D DEM analyses for T-M coupling effects of extreme temperatures on surrounding rock-supporting system of a tunnel in cold region
来源期刊：中南大学学报(英文版)2013年第10期
论文作者：ZHANG Yu-jun(张玉军) YANG Chao-shuai(杨朝帅) WANG Yong-gang(王永刚)
文章页码：2905 - 2913
Key words：extreme temperature; tunnel in cold region; thermo-mechanical coupling; distinct element method; numerical analysis
Abstract: Taking the Kunlunshan Tunnel on Qinghai-Tibet Railway as an engineering background, the curved wall-inverted arch lining of the tunnel was simplified into the straight wall-umbrella arch one, and the fractured rock mass with developed joints was treated as a discrete medium in the calculation. Using the UDEC code, the numerical simulations for thermo-mechanical coupling processes in the surrounding rock mass-supporting system were carried out aiming at the conditions of mean temperature, extreme highest temperature and extreme lowest temperature in one year. The distributions and changes of stresses, displacements, plastic zones, temperatures in the rock mass of near field, as well as the loading states in the model-building concrete and bolting were investigated and compared for these three computation cases. The results show that compared with the case of mean temperature, the ranges, where the temperatures of surrounding rock mass change obviously, are 6.0 m and 6.5 m, respectively, for the cases of extreme highest temperature and extreme lowest temperature; the displacements of tunnel are raised by 3.2-9.3 and 5.7-12.7 times, and the thicknesses of plastic zones reach 1.5 -2.5 m and 2.0-4.5 m for case 2 and 3, respectively; the extreme temperatures of air have strong effects on the stress, deformation and failure states of supporting structure of tunnel in cold region, and the influence degree of extreme lowest temperature is the highest.
ZHANG Yu-jun(张玉军)1, YANG Chao-shuai(杨朝帅)1, 2, WANG Yong-gang(王永刚)3
(1. State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
(Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences), Wuhan 430071, China;
2. Technical Centre, China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd., Luoyang 471009, China;
3. Key Laboratory of Geotechnical and Underground Engineering of Ministry of Education
(Department of Geotechnical Engineering, Tongji University), Shanghai 200092, China)
Abstract:Taking the Kunlunshan Tunnel on Qinghai-Tibet Railway as an engineering background, the curved wall-inverted arch lining of the tunnel was simplified into the straight wall-umbrella arch one, and the fractured rock mass with developed joints was treated as a discrete medium in the calculation. Using the UDEC code, the numerical simulations for thermo-mechanical coupling processes in the surrounding rock mass-supporting system were carried out aiming at the conditions of mean temperature, extreme highest temperature and extreme lowest temperature in one year. The distributions and changes of stresses, displacements, plastic zones, temperatures in the rock mass of near field, as well as the loading states in the model-building concrete and bolting were investigated and compared for these three computation cases. The results show that compared with the case of mean temperature, the ranges, where the temperatures of surrounding rock mass change obviously, are 6.0 m and 6.5 m, respectively, for the cases of extreme highest temperature and extreme lowest temperature; the displacements of tunnel are raised by 3.2-9.3 and 5.7-12.7 times, and the thicknesses of plastic zones reach 1.5 -2.5 m and 2.0-4.5 m for case 2 and 3, respectively; the extreme temperatures of air have strong effects on the stress, deformation and failure states of supporting structure of tunnel in cold region, and the influence degree of extreme lowest temperature is the highest.
Key words:extreme temperature; tunnel in cold region; thermo-mechanical coupling; distinct element method; numerical analysis
