Optimized functional linked neural network for predicting diaphragm wall deflection induced by braced excavations in clays

Deep excavation during the construction of underground systems can cause movement on the ground,especially in soft clay layers.At high levels,excessive ground movements can lead to severe damage to adjacent structures.In this study,finite element analyses(FEM)and the hardening small strain(HSS)model were performed to investigate the deflection of the diaphragm wall in the soft clay layer induced by braced excavations.Different geometric and mechanical properties of the wall were investigated to study the deflection behavior of the wall in soft clays.Accordingly,1090 hypothetical cases were surveyed and simulated based on the HSS model and FEM to evaluate the wall deflection behavior.The results were then used to develop an intelligent model for predicting wall deflection using the functional linked neural network(FLNN)with different functional expansions and activation functions.Although the FLNN is a novel approach to predict wall deflection;however,in order to improve the accuracy of the FLNN model in predicting wall deflection,three swarm-based optimization algorithms,such as artificial bee colony(ABC),Harris’s hawk’s optimization(HHO),and hunger games search(HGS),were hybridized to the FLNN model to generate three novel intelligent models,namely ABC-FLNN,HHO-FLNN,HGS-FLNN.The results of the hybrid models were then compared with the basic FLNN and MLP models.They revealed that FLNN is a good solution for predicting wall deflection,and the application of different functional expansions and activation functions has a significant effect on the outcome predictions of the wall deflection.It is remarkably interesting that the performance of the FLNN model was better than the MLP model with a mean absolute error(MAE)of 19.971,root-mean-squared error(RMSE)of 24.574,and determination coefficient(R^(2))of 0.878.Meanwhile,the performance of the MLP model only obtained an MAE of 20.321,RMSE of 27.091,and R^(2)of 0.851.Furthermore,the results also indicated that the proposed hybrid models,i.e.,ABC-FLNN,HHO-FLNN,HGS-FLNN,yielded more superior performances than those of the FLNN and MLP models in terms of the prediction of deflection behavior of diaphragm walls with an MAE in the range of 11.877 to 12.239,RMSE in the range of 15.821 to 16.045,and R^(2)in the range of 0.949 to 0.951.They can be used as an alternative tool to simulate diaphragm wall deflections under different conditions with a high degree of accuracy.

Numerical analysis of effect of friction between diaphragm wall and soil on braced excavation

A plane strain finite element model was established to investigate the effect of friction between diaphragm wall and soil on braced excavation. The behavior of interface between diaphragm wall and soil was simulated with the interface model of ABAQUS. Parametric studies were conducted with different diaphragm wall external friction angles δ. The results show that deflection of diaphragm wall and ground surface settlement decrease with the decrease of δ. However, the reduction effect on diaphragm wall deflection is the most significant at the depth where the maximum wall deflection occurs and can be neglected at the wall base. The ratio between wall deep inward component and wall cantilever component reaches its peak value 2.7 when δ=5°. The ratio of the maximum ground surface settlement to the maximum wall lateral deflection decreases at a reduced rate with the increase of δ. For excavation with braced diaphragm wall, the effect of friction between diaphragm and soil on the deflection of diaphragm wall and ground settlement, especially the distribution of ground surface settlement behind diaphragm, should be taken into account.

Differential uplift and settlement between inner column and diaphragm wall in top-down excavation

Top structure and basement will confront the risk of being damaged on account of large stress and strain fields incurred by differential uplift and settlement between inner column and diaphragm wall in top-down method. Top-down excavation of the Metro Line 10 in Shanghai was modeled with finite element analysis software ABAQUS and parameters of subsoil were obtained by inverse analysis. Based on the finite element model and parameters, changes in the following factors were made to find more effective methods to restrain differential uplift and settlement: length of diaphragm wall, thickness of jet-grouting reinforcement layer, ways of subsoil reinforcement, sequence of pit excavation, connection between slabs and diaphragm wall or column and width of pit. Several significant results are acquired. The longer the diaphragm wall is, the greater the differential uplift between column and diaphragm wall is. Rigidity of roof slab is in general not strong enough to keep diaphragm wall and column undergoing the same uplift during excavation; Uplift at head of column and differential uplift between column and diaphragm wall decrease when subsoil from-16.6 to-43 m in pit is reinforced through jet-grouting. But, as excavation proceeds to a lower level, benefit from soil reinforcement diminishes. During the process applying vertical load, the larger the depth of diaphragm wall is, the smaller the settlement is at head of column and diaphragm wall, and the greater the differential settlement is between column and diaphragm wall. When friction connection is implemented between column, diaphragm wall and floor slabs, uplifts at head of column and diaphragm wall are larger than those of the case when tie connection is implemented, and so does differential uplift between column and diaphragm wall. The maximum deflection of diaphragm wall decreases by 58% on account of soil reinforcement in pit. The maximum deflection of diaphragm wall decreases by 61.2% when friction connection is implemented instead of tie connection.

Test and Analysis of an Existing Tunnel Vibration Induced by Blasting Construction of Diaphragm Wall

According to the blasting construction of the diaphragm wall of Puxi approaching section of East Fuxing Road river-crossing tunnel, the monitoring project of the vibration of the existing tun-nel induced by the blasting construction is put forward, which includes the sensors’ location, moni-tor method and the vibration monitoring system. Based on the monitoring data of the explosion vibration, the vibration wave forms, velocities, acceleration responses, main frequencies and fields of measure points are analyzed under the conditions of three locations and different charge quanti-ties. According to the safety-judging standard of explosion vibration, the conclusion that the exist- ing tunnel is safe under the explosion vibration is then drawn. Furthermore, the spectrum character-istics of three explosion vibrations and the spectrum changing properties of explosion vi-bration wave transmitting in different directions are concluded, which can provide reference to similar projects.

Construction of an ultra-deep diaphragm wall:a case study

This paper presents a case study on an ultra-deep diaphragm wall with a depth of 110 m constructed in Ningbo City. The in-situ application shows that using Bauer BC40 cutter machine in conjunction with cutter wheels specified for different strata would be qualified for constructing the 110 m diaphragm wall with high efficiency and precision given that the quality of slurry and poured concrete can be guaranteed. The ground settlement can be effectively controlled by using the overlapping construction method. Sliding failure as a whole characterized by pronounced lateral deformation is likely to occur in the upper muddy clay layer due to its high compressibility and sensitivity. In contrast, local collapse of trench walls tends to happen in the sandy silt strata. Furthermore, careful attention should be paid to sandy silt during the entire construction period as the vertical displacement of the sandy silt continues to develop even after concrete pouring.

北京地铁薄壁地下连续墙基坑变形规律统计分析

[目的]地下连续墙(以下简称“地连墙”)厚度对基坑变形量与变形模式的影响较为明显,尤其是薄壁地连墙对于基坑开挖和坑边荷载十分敏感。因此,有必要对北京地铁不同壁厚的地连墙基坑变形规律进行研究。[方法]以北京地铁6座薄壁地连墙车站基坑工程为例,使用统计学方法对其地面竖向变形、地连墙墙顶竖向变形、地连墙水平位移及钢支撑轴力的监测数据进行统计分析。[结果及结论]薄壁地连墙基坑的地面变形可分为隆起-沉降型和沉降型两种,且地面变形中隆起变形的占比较高。土方开挖阶段,地连墙呈快速隆起趋势,开挖结束后墙顶隆起值产生小幅回落,并最终达到稳定值。根据地连墙变形特征,将其分为正常抛物线型、荷载抛物线A型、荷载抛物线B型3种类型。地连墙最大变形位置一般处于0.50H~0.85H(H为基坑深度),累计变形量集中于10~20 mm。第1道钢支撑轴力变化特征较为明显,其曲线可分为快速上升、快速下降、缓慢下降、快速上升4个阶段。

装配式地连墙接缝变形特性研究

为了研究接缝对装配式地连墙变形特性的影响并采取合理的改进措施,采用现场试验的方法将局部现浇地连墙替换为装配式地连墙,并对其实测的变形数据进行了对比分析;在实测数据分析的基础上,通过PLAXIS2D有限元软件模拟分析了不同深度横向接缝对装配式地连墙变形特性的影响规律;通过PLAXIS3D有限元软件对比了现浇墙与装配式地连墙水平方向及竖直方向变形形态,分析了竖向接缝对装配式地连墙变形特性的影响规律;最后,针对实测数据显示出的变形偏大问题,提出了改变冠梁刚度、围檩刚度、墙幅宽度、支撑位置4种改进措施,并通过PLAXIS3D有限元软件进行了验证。结果表明:装配式地连墙的接缝对墙体的刚度存在弱化作用,增大了其变形程度;位于坑底以上的横向接头失效时,墙体水平位移会显著增大,位于坑底以下的横向接头失效时,不会引起墙体水平位移的显著增大;竖向接头会显著减小装配式墙体的整体刚度,使其协同变形能力变差,变形更加难以控制;适当调节支撑位置可有效缓解墙幅间的错动和减小墙体变形。

南京仙新路长江大桥主桥结构设计

南京仙新路长江大桥主桥为跨径1760 m的单跨钢箱梁悬索桥,主缆垂跨比1/9,边跨跨径580 m,边中跨比0.33。该桥上、下游各设1根主缆,单根主缆由169股127∅5.4 mm镀锌铝高强钢丝索股组成,采用PPWS法施工,钢丝标准抗拉强度2100 MPa。吊索与索夹采用销接式结构,跨中设置柔性中央扣索,短吊索设置关节轴承。主索鞍采用宽鞍槽单纵肋铸焊结合构造,散索鞍采用底座式全铸结构。加劲梁采用扁平流线型封闭整体钢箱梁,总宽31.5 m,梁高4 m,顶板与U肋之间采用双面埋弧全熔透焊接。桥塔采用门形混凝土结构,总高277.3 m,其上横梁为预应力混凝土结构,外包N字造型钢结构;桥塔基础采用直径2.8 m钻孔灌注桩。南锚碇采用外径65 m圆形地下连续墙基础;北锚碇采用沉井基础,平面尺寸70 m×50 m,高50 m。对结构进行静力分析及抗风性能理论和试验研究,结果表明:结构强度、刚度均满足规范要求;在加劲梁上设置0.67 m高中央稳定板、两侧风嘴处设置1 m宽水平稳定板后,大桥的颤振、涡振等抗风性能均满足要求,且具备一定的阻尼储备。

开洞刚性墙后土体破坏模式运动单元上限分析

超载作用下开洞地下刚性连续墙后土体稳定性问题具有广泛的工程应用背景。考虑墙体矩形开洞宽度足够大,且刚性墙与土体完全光滑接触等条件,参考构造刚性多块体上限法思路,预设墙后土体极简破坏机构并转化为初始三角网格,提出交替循环式新增节点、单元缩减、对角互换及成层加密等网格更新措施,同步开展基于刚体平动运动单元上限方法的刚性墙后土体破坏分析,通过多层级非线性规划运算获得高精度临界超载系数σ_(s)/c上限解,界定墙后土体滑移线网破坏模式及其定量范围与扩展边界。进一步依前述流程计算获得多参数影响下的临界超载系数σ_(s)/c上限解图表,结果表明:1)刚性墙后土体典型破坏特征表现为土体上方和开洞处的整体下沉刚性区域,开洞前方核心区域以密集滑移线网区隔的刚性滑块群,以及外围主要滑动面;2)临界超载系数σ_(s)/c随土体内摩擦角ϕ增大而增大,且后续增幅显著增加;3)σ_(s)/c随开洞深度比C/D的增大呈现出近似线性增大的趋势;4)相较于ϕ和C/D,土体重度参数γD/c的变化对于σ_(s)/c的影响不甚明显,σ_(s)/c随γD/c增大呈现近似线性减小的趋势;5)σ_(s)/c受剪胀角参数ψ/ϕ的影响与ϕ的增大程度密切相关。本研究结果可为开洞地下刚性连续墙后土体失稳破坏模式定量分析、破坏机理研究及工程措施制定等工作提供有力的数据支持。

地下连续墙新型刚性接头设计与研究

城市建设的快速发展促使对地下空间的需求日益增加,地下连续墙作为深大基坑的支护或结构外墙的应用也越来越多。针对“两墙合一”的地下连续墙,提出了一种新型刚性接头、防绕流接头板及施工工艺,能有效预防混凝土绕流问题,进而提高地下连续墙的整体刚度、强度以及接头的止水能力。通过数值模拟计算了刚性接头的承载力与延性,并与普通工字钢接头进行了对比。结果表明,采用新型刚性接头的地下连续墙,具有较好的刚度和受力性能,施工可行性高,具有较好的应用和推广前景。总结的经验可供今后类似工程借鉴。

渠式切割水泥土连续墙的应用和发展

作为超深、等厚、连续、可靠的截水挡土帷幕,渠式切割水泥土连续墙在国内有广泛应用。本文概括了渠式切割水泥土连续墙在国内的引进、应用和发展历程。结合对国内200多个既有应用案例的统计分析,研究了渠式切割水泥土连续墙的施工设备保有情况、成墙深度范围、常用墙体厚度和主要应用场景;罗列了渠式切割水泥土连续墙在复杂地层施工的辅助措施以及典型案例;指出了渠式切割水泥土连续墙在敏感环境微扰动施工的控制要点;介绍了渠式切割预制装配式混凝土连续墙的设计要求和用途,尤其是内插预制板材的截面设计和制造工艺;最后用工程实例表明渠式切割预制装配式混凝土连续墙同时继承了渠式切割微扰动和地下连续墙支护刚度好的特点,无论是切割成墙期间还是土方开挖期间,施工对周边环境的影响都较小。

地下连续墙受力变形光纤监测与数值模拟研究

地下连续墙是一种常见的深基坑支护方式,具有刚度大、防渗性能好、适应范围广等优点,但其受力变形规律较为复杂。基于超弱光纤光栅感测技术,对某地铁车站基坑地下连续墙水平位移进行实时监测。将监测数据与数值模拟结果进行对比,验证了数值分析模型选取的合理性,并基于该数值分析模型研究了不同厚度软土层中,地下连续墙水平位移的变化规律,通过墙体位移梯度(D_(w))和软土位移梯度(D_(r))进行临界厚度比计算。研究结果显示:水平位移随软土厚度的变化呈“凸肚”状,沿深度方向划分为相对稳定区、线性增长区、最大变形区和线性下降区。利用D_(w)和D_(r)标定出临界厚度比为0.24;土压力变化在基坑前四步开挖过程中较为稳定,而在第五步开挖与施工后40 d变化显著。上述研究结果为类似工程的设计、施工和监测方案的制定提供了重要参考。

基坑盖板下逆作车站地下连续墙托换破除技术

附属结构与地铁车站连通常需要对地下连续墙进行破除,当地下连续墙上设有临时承重盖板时破除的施工难度更大,风险更高。以某地铁盖挖逆作车站的地下连续墙破除施工为依托,提出了利用局部破除体作为临时竖向支撑进行托换破除的施工方法。首先,采用数值计算分析了不同托换间距对盖板结构体系的受力影响,综合施工进度和作业空间考虑,确定预留1m宽的临时托换柱和不大于12m的破除间距为控制指标,能够满足各受力结构体系在临时托换施工下的承载性能要求;其次,对盖板下地下连续墙破除及切割块转运施工进行了详细分析,给出了分块尺寸、切割块吊装、预留柱节点等关键施工环节的控制指标与做法。实施结果表明:利用既有地下连续墙作为临时托换结构进行破除地下连续墙的施工方法,安全可靠,施工速度快,成本经济。

上层软土下层基岩地下连续墙成槽施工技术

地下连续墙施工是基础建设的重要组成部分。针对传统单一成槽工艺在工程规模、槽深和地层多变性方面的局限性,提出了一种新的“导墙、抓槽、钻孔、铣槽”复合成槽施工技术。首先开挖和浇筑导墙,然后采用抓斗成槽机对上层软土层进行开挖成槽。针对下层坚硬的基岩层,先采用钻孔机对基岩层进行钻孔,待钻孔结束后采用铣槽机对已钻孔的基层进行一铣成槽或三铣成槽,完成地下连续墙的成槽施工。在施工过程中,采用成槽检测仪定期检验成槽效果,确保施工质量。该技术可以灵活应对复杂地层条件,提高施工效率、降低成本,并保证地下连续墙的质量和稳定性。该技术在工程项目中已得到应用和验证,取得了较好的经济效益和社会效益。

地下连续墙对软弱夹层场地地下结构地震反应影响研究

在地下结构抗震分析中,软弱夹层场地较一般成层场地而言问题要更为突出。本文以双层双跨矩形框架地铁车站结构为研究对象,基于有限元软件ABAQUS,建立土-地下连续墙-地铁车站结构体系的静动力耦合有限元分析模型,研究地下连续墙对软弱夹层场地地下结构地震反应的影响,对比分析了在不同场地工况下地连墙以及地连墙的连接方式对地铁车站结构的地震响应规律。研究结果表明:地下连续墙与车站结构协同作用使得车站结构整体水平变形减小,且减小效果随着软弱夹层厚度的增加更加明显;地下连续墙同时会引起附加的侧向土压力作用到车站结构上,对上层中柱和侧墙顶部等部位存在不利影响,建议工程实践中采取一定的加强措施。

冻结法在基坑地下连续墙缺陷处治中的应用分析

地下连续墙出现缺陷时,存在失稳及渗漏水风险,可采用冻结法对缺陷区域进行加固。基于某地铁基坑工程,开展现场监测及数值模拟分析,对比HS模型与MC模型在冻结工法中的适用性,发现HS模型能更好地反映实际冻结效果,适用于研究冻胀问题。基于HS模型,分别讨论冻结区厚度、深度、宽度对基坑变形及支撑内力的影响,建议冻结区采用0.4~0.6倍地下连续墙幅宽、1.5~2倍基坑深度,同时控制冻结区宽度,可保证冻结效果,控制工程规模。

临江高承压水砂层超深地连墙泥浆参数试验研究

南京地铁4号线二期工程滨江站—龙江区间中段江心洲风井工程地表存在淤泥质黏土和较厚高承压水粉砂层,下部覆盖高强度砂砾岩层,地连墙施工时若泥浆参数选择不当则难以起到护壁效果进而发生塌孔或缩孔情况。提高泥浆重度是增大槽壁稳定性安全系数的最直接方式,但同时也会增加工程成本。为探明淤泥覆盖下高承压水砂层中地连墙成槽作业时最优的泥浆参数,分析并评价该地质条件下的成槽质量,采用泥浆护壁的抛物柱法三维模型对泥浆参数进行计算,并通过试成槽试验和超声波检测对计算结果进行验证,最终选择出合适的泥浆配比。研究结果证明泥浆黏度为60 s,泥浆比重为1.07 g/cm^(3)时可以保证成槽稳定性系数为1.5,结果可为类似工程提供参考。

富水砂层大直径深竖井开挖稳定性有限元分析

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