摘要(英) |
ABSTRACT Formations of interlayered sandstone and shale are
common deposits in northern and western parts of
Taiwan. Construction problems and failures, such as large
deformations and sliding in slopes and tunnels, had occurred very often
in these formations. Tunnels constructed in these formations along
the Northern Second Highway around Taipei area in Taiwan had encountered
some serious failures, including squeezing, block falling, sliding,
buckling, and caving, during construction. Two of the tunnels that
experienced squeezing failures and caused subsequent massive caving and
sliding of rock formation from the roof are evaluated and analyzed to
reveal the actual causes of failure in this study. Impacts of
discontinuity orientation and spacing of interlayered sandstone and
shale on the tunnel failure modes are also analyzed and discovered
through a series of numerical experiments. Numerical analyses using
distinct element method were used to simulate and to understand the
causes and related mechanisms of these two failure cases. The
interlayered soft rocks had steeply dipping angles, 60 and 80 degrees
for each of the tunnels, and had low frictional resistance between the
interface of sandstone and shale. The thickness of interlayered
sandstone and shale varied from several centimeters to several
meters. The tunnel axes were all paralleled to the strike of the
bedding plane. It was found that the failure processes of these two
tunnels were all initiated from the squeezing failure of one of the
sidewalls and then led to massive block sliding failure falling out of
the roof along the bedding plane. The thickness, width, and
location of the interlayered formation and the depth of overburden also
greatly affect the stability of the tunnel. Discontinuity orientation
and spacing of interlayered sandstone and shale will have great impacts
on the tunnel stability and on the dominated failure mode. Tunnel
will become more unstable as the joint spacing decreased. The major
failure mode of the tunnel is changing from block falling from the roof,
then sidewall squeezing, and to flexural tensile buckling as the joint
dip changed from 90 to less than 10 degrees. Results of the
analyses can be used for future tunnel construction in these
interlayered formations to mitigate the possibility of failure and for
suggestion of tunnel reinforcement. |