Abstract:
This research aims to study the construction method of working shaft and the behavior of working shaft due to the thrust force of tunnel boring machine. The working shaft was constructed by means of sinking reinforced concrete caisson by slip form with an inside diameter of 15.0 m., 1.0 m. thick and cutting shoe was seated in dense silty sand layer at elevation of 36.0 m. depth. Based on inclinometers monitoring installed in the shaft wall and in the soil about 1.0 m. behind the wall, it was found that the working shaft showed the overturned behavior around it's bottom related to thrust force direction. The soil movement behind the wall was related to the working shaft lateral movement and overturning at elevation of cutting shoe. The movement of soil underneath the working shaft showed the behavior of vertical settlement due to vertical load. The movement analysis based on the Finite Element Method (FEM) could predict the behavior of shaft only at the condition of overturning by means of the net lateral subgrade reaction in terms of spring support. The analysis results agree to the movement of working shaft with very small ratio of lateral wall movement to depth(delta [subscript max]/H) and lead to control a little change of lateral soil reaction. The stiffness of bearing soil layer was very important to control the overturning behavior and movement of the shaft. The back analysis was carried out by means of FEM based on the value of Young{7f2019}s modulus in terms of undrained shear strength of soil in order of 500, 1000 and 200N (t/m[superscript 2]) when N is the SPT N-value for soft clay, stiff clay and sand layer, respectively. The FEM analysis found that the relationship between horizontal and vertical subgrade reaction was in the order of 30, 25 and 90% for soft clay, stiff clay and sand layer, respectively. The lateral earth pressure was changed only 1-8% of its soil strength due to a very small relative shaft movement (delta [subscript max]/H) of 0.0005.