Field Test and Numerical Analysis of Dynamic Stress of High-Speed Railway Tunnel Invert in Mudstone

• Published in: Geotechnical and geological engineering Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 829 - 837
• Main Authors: Du, Mingqing, Su, Jie, Wang, Xuchun, Lu, Zelin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.02.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Attenuation; Civil Engineering; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Electric railroads; Exponential functions; Field tests; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; High speed rail; Hydrogeology; Measurement; Measurement methods; Mudstone; Numerical analysis; Original Paper; Railcars; Railroads; Railway tunnels; Shape; Strain gauges; Stress; Terrestrial Pollution; Tunnels; Vibration; Vibration measurement; Waste Management/Waste Technology; Attenuation law; Dynamic stress; High-speed railway tunnel; Fitting formula; Invert and its filling
• DOI: 10.1007/s10706-020-01524-x
• ISSN: 0960-3182

In order to obtain the dynamic stress of invert and its filling in the high-speed railway tunnel under the vibration load of the train, this paper uses the field measurement method to arrange the resistance strain gauge inside the invert of the Lanzhou–Urumqi high-speed railway Fuchuan tunnel. The dynamic stress of the invert and its filling was measured, and the measurement results were verified by numerical analysis, the results obtained by the two were consistent. The results show that under the action of CRH5 electric multiple units, the dynamic stress time history curve of the invert and its filling has 16 peaks, with V-shape on both sides and W-shape in the middle. When the train load speed is constant, the dynamic stress in the tunnel invert and invert filling decreases with the increase of the depth. The dynamic stress at 0.5 m below the track bed is attenuated by about 23.1% compared to 0.2 m, the dynamic stress at 2.0 m below the track bed is attenuated by 67.5% compared to 0.2 m. Tunnel invert and its filling are the main carriers of train vibration load. The dynamic stress attenuation law of the invert and its filling conforms to the exponential function distribution. Through the data fitting, the calculation formula of the dynamic stress in different depths is given. The research results provide a new method for obtaining the dynamic stress of the invert and its filling in high-speed railway tunnel.