Research on Movement Rules of Soil Particles during EPB Machine Tunneling with Spoke Cutterhead

Wu Li, Chen Long, Ju Ernan

2014

Abstract

To discover the movement rules of soil particles around cutterhead during shield machine tunnelling, the discrete element model of shield machine tunnelling is established. The model is able to simulate the structure of shield machine, the pressure of ground, the excavation operation process and the flow process of soils. The cutterhead torque is obtained by running the model, which is accord with the theoretical calculation results. The displacements of soil particles in the cutterhead system of shield machine at the different tunnelling time are displayed. The movement of soil particle is periodic, and the period is related to the cutterhead rotation speed.

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in Harvard Style

Li W., Long C. and Ernan J. (2014). Research on Movement Rules of Soil Particles during EPB Machine Tunneling with Spoke Cutterhead . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH, ISBN 978-989-758-038-3, pages 243-248. DOI: 10.5220/0005103002430248


in Bibtex Style

@conference{simultech14,
author={Wu Li and Chen Long and Ju Ernan},
title={Research on Movement Rules of Soil Particles during EPB Machine Tunneling with Spoke Cutterhead},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,},
year={2014},
pages={243-248},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005103002430248},
isbn={978-989-758-038-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,
TI - Research on Movement Rules of Soil Particles during EPB Machine Tunneling with Spoke Cutterhead
SN - 978-989-758-038-3
AU - Li W.
AU - Long C.
AU - Ernan J.
PY - 2014
SP - 243
EP - 248
DO - 10.5220/0005103002430248