Post-grouting method for immersed tube joint base
10557248 ยท 2020-02-11
Assignee
- CCCC Highway Consultants Co. Ltd. (Beijing, CN)
- China Communication 2nd Navigational Bureau 2nd Engineering Co., Ltd. (Chongquing, CN)
- The Second Harbor Engineering Company (Wuhan, CN)
Inventors
- Wei Lin (Beijing, CN)
- Jibing Gao (Beijing, CN)
- Heng Liang (Beijing, CN)
- Kexin Liu (Beijing, CN)
- Li Wang (Beijing, CN)
- Changcheng Wei (Beijing, CN)
- Yu Liu (Beijing, CN)
- Bin Wu (Beijing, CN)
- Chao Liu (Beijing, CN)
- Yuwen Li (Beijing, CN)
- Qingxi Zeng (Beijing, CN)
- Wei Feng (Beijing, CN)
- Kaikai Li (Beijing, CN)
Cpc classification
E02D27/525
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
E02D29/073
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
International classification
E02D27/52
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
E02B17/00
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
Abstract
The present application relates to the field of immersed tube jointing, and more particularly relates to a post-grouting method for an immersed tube joint base. The post-grouting method includes the following steps: before locked backfilling of immersed tubes to be implanted, disposing a grouting tube capable of outputting solidifiable slurry in a furrow below immersed tubes; and after the locked backfilling, grouting the immersed tubes by using the grouting tube. For the purposes of adjusting postures and heights of the immersed tubes in case of abnormal settlement during installation, solving the problems on the stabilities and the service lives of immersed tube joints due to settlement of gravel mattresses or a geologic structure thereunder after installation, and enabling the immersed tubes to achieve a better bearing effect on a load during use, the present application provides the post-grouting method for the immersed tube joint base.
Claims
1. A method for grouting a base of a joint between immersed tubes, the method comprising: disposing a grouting tube in a furrow between gravel mattresses on an underwater geologic structure, wherein the grouting tube is configured to output a solidifiable slurry; after disposing the grouting tube, implanting the immersed tubes on the gravel mattresses; simultaneously backfilling the immersed tubes; and then grouting the base of the joint between the immersed tubes using the grouting tube.
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising disposing a pressure sensor is in the furrow before implanting the immersed tubes; and when grouting, monitoring a pressure change in the furrow using the pressure sensor.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the furrow comprises a large furrow between edges of two adjacent ones of the gravel mattresses.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein tops of the gravel mattresses have small furrows smaller than the large furrows; and before backfilling the immersed tubes, and the method further comprises disposing stop components in the small furrows, the stop components filling the small furrows.
5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the stop components are disposed in the small furrows before implanting the immersed tubes.
6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the stop components comprise air bags.
7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising disposing flexible spacer layers between the air bags and inner walls of the small furrows.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the flexible spacer layers comprise geotextiles.
9. The method according to claim 4, wherein after implanting the immersed tubes and before backfilling the immersed tubes, the method further comprises disposing sealing components in openings at the ends of the large furrow, the sealing components preventing the solidifiable slurry from flowing out of ends of the large furrow.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the sealing components comprise sandbags.
11. The method according to claim 4, wherein after implanting the immersed tubes and before backfilling the immersed tubes, the method further comprises disposing sealing components at ends of the large furrow and on outer sides of the gravel mattresses between the large furrow and the small furrows.
12. The method according to claim 3, further comprising disposing a bracket outside the grouting tube; wherein disposing the grouting tube comprises installing the grouting tube in the large furrow by the bracket.
13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the solidifiable slurry is concrete.
14. The method according to claim 1, further comprising forming openings in different orientations in the grouting tube; wherein grouting the immersed tubes comprises simultaneously grouting two axial sides of the large furrow using the grouting tube.
15. A method for grouting a base of a final joint between immersed tubes, the method comprising: disposing a plurality of grouting tubes in furrows between gravel mattresses on an underwater geologic structure, wherein the plurality of grouting tubes are configured to output a solidifiable slurry, the furrows comprise (i) a first large furrow between edges of first and second ones of the gravel mattresses, (i) a second large furrow between edges of the second one of the gravel mattresses and a third one of the gravel mattresses, and (iii) small furrows in a top of the gravel mattresses, the small furrows being smaller than the large furrows; disposing stop components in the small furrows, wherein the stop components fill the small furrows; after disposing the stop components, simultaneously backfilling the final joint and the immersed tubes; and then grouting the base of the final joint and the immersed tubes using the plurality of grouting tubes.
16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising, after disposing the grouting tubes, implanting the final joint and the immersed tubes on the gravel mattresses.
17. The method according to claim 15, wherein first and second ones of the grouting tubes are respectively disposed in the first and second large furrows grouting the base of the final joint and the immersed tubes comprises simultaneously outputting the solidifiable slurry using the first and second grouting tubes in the first and second large furrows.
18. The method according to claim 16, wherein after implanting the final joint and the immersed tubes, and before backfilling the final joint and the immersed tubes, the method further comprises disposing sealing components at ends of the large furrows and on outer sides of the gravel mattresses between the large furrows and the small furrows.
19. A method for grouting a base of a joint between immersed tubes, the method comprising: disposing a grouting tube in a furrow between gravel mattresses on an underwater geologic structure, wherein the grouting tube is configured to output a solidifiable slurry, wherein the furrow comprises (i) a large furrow between edges of adjacent ones of the gravel mattresses, and (ii) small furrows in a top of the gravel mattresses, the small furrows being smaller than the large furrow; disposing stop components in the small furrows, wherein the stop components fill the small furrows; after disposing the stop components, simultaneously backfilling the immersed tubes; and then grouting the base of the joint between the immersed tubes using the grouting tube.
20. The method according to claim 19, further comprising, after disposing the grouting tube, implanting the immersed tubes on the gravel mattresses.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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(11) 1immersed tube, 2large furrow, 3small furrow, 4air bag, 5grouting tube, 6bracket, 7I-shaped steel, 8vertical grouting tube, 9sealing component, 10formed locked backfill, 11sea level, 12final joint, 13gravel mattress, and 14pressure sensor.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
(12) A further detailed description is made to the present application in combination with embodiments and specific implementation modes below, but it should not understand that the scope of the subject of the present application is merely limited by the embodiments below, and all those technologies implemented on the basis of contents of the present application shall fall within the scope of the present application.
Embodiment 1
(13) As shown in
(14) A. Construction equipment is prepared: mortar production and pumping equipment, concrete production and pumping equipment and auxiliary ship engine equipment are disposed at a construction position; mortar produced by a mixing ship is conveyed to a construction platform through a concrete transfer pump and a placing boom which are equipped on the ship, and then is injected into a mortar storage mixing tank which has a disturbance function and a volume of 1 m.sup.3; the mixing tank is connected with grouting pumps through pipelines for feeding; two grouting pumps may meet a requirement for the conveying flow of 8 m.sup.3/h; it is planned that the concrete production and pumping equipment is a mixing ship which has the functions of raw material storage, ship anchor mooring positioning and the like besides the concrete production and pumping performance; an aggregate storage bin of the ship may load 1,800 m.sup.3 of materials, and a filler bin may load 600 m.sup.3 of materials, so that 1,000 m.sup.3 of concrete may be poured by once stocking in the ship; three trailer pumps are installed on the construction platform; each trailer pump has a theoretical displacement of 57 m.sup.3/h; and an extra towboat with power of 3,600 hp and an extra anchor boat with power of 900 hp and rated unmooring capacity of 10 t need to be provided for realizing waterborne movement, anchoring positioning of the concrete mixing ship.
(15) B. Grouting-related structures are installed: furrows for installing grouting tubes 5 are three large furrows 2 which are placed below joints of immersed tubes 1 and are formed by edges of three gravel mattresses 13; the tops of the gravel mattresses 13 have small furrows 3 smaller than the large furrows 2; before locked backfilling of the immersed tubes 1 to be implanted (in this embodiment, specifically before implantation of the immersed tubes 1), the grouting tubes 5 capable of outputting solidifiable slurry are disposed in the furrows below the immersed tubes 1 along the ditch directions of the furrows (as shown in
(16) pressure sensors 14 are disposed in the furrows (the pressure sensors 14 are pressure cells, and in this embodiment, they are high-precision vibrating wire type earth pressure cells having effects as follows: during grouting of the grouting tubes 5, the pressure sensors 14 are used to monitor pressure changes in the furrows; five pressure cells are disposed at the ditch bottom in each large furrow 2 along the axial direction of the furrow in an equal spacing manner, and are installed on the upper surfaces of profiles at the bottoms of the brackets 6; in addition, on one side of each large furrow 2, one pressure cell is disposed between the large furrow 2 and the small furrows 3 with air bags 4, and one pressure cell is disposed beside the small furrows 3 for installing the air bags 4 towards a direction away from the large furrow 2; on the other side of the large furrow 2, two pressure cells are symmetrically disposed according to this scheme, that is, four pressure cells in total; a connection line of the four pressure cells is parallel to the axial lines of the immersed tubes 1; the pressure cells are connected with data lines which extend towards the outsides of the gravel mattresses 13, thus facilitating transmission of data measured by the pressure cells during subsequent grouting); the gravel mattress 13 of each immersed tube 1 has a designed width of 42.95 m and a thickness of 1.3 m; each furrow top has a width of 1.8 m, and each furrow has a width of 1.05 m;
(17) before the locked backfilling of the immersed tubes 1 (in this embodiment, specifically before implantation of the immersed tubes 1, the end portions of two immersed tubes 1 may be simultaneously backfilled during locked backfilling); stop components for filling the small furrows 3 are disposed in the small furrows 3 (in this embodiment, the stop components are the air bags 4, but not limited to the air bags 4); before installation of the air bags 4, they are subjected to a pressing test at a test pressure of 0.24 Mpa; flexible spacer layers are disposed between the air bags 4 and the inner walls of the small furrows 3 (in this embodiment, the flexible spacer layers consist of geotextiles, but not limited to the geotextiles); at least six small furrows 3 are disposed on two sides of the large furrows 2 side by side; the flexible spacer layers are disposed on the inner surfaces of the fifth and sixth small furrows 3 and at the furrow top between the fifth and sixth small furrows 3 (before disposal of the flexible spacer layers, positions, which are to be equipped with the flexible spacer layers, on the surfaces of the gravel mattresses 13 are subjected to gravel finishing, so that irregular bulge structures are reduced, possible damage caused by bulges to the air bags 4 after the flexible spacer layers are paved is prevented, and the influence on the stop effect on the slurry is also avoided; after being subjected to the gravel finishing, the small furrows 3 have a depth of about 15 cm); each flexible spacer layer consists of two layers of geotextiles, and is fixed by heavy objects such as an iron chain or gravels; after the flexible spacer layers are disposed, the air bags 4 are installed; the gravel mattresses 13 are exposed from connection ports at the end portions of the air bags 4; installation of the air bags 4 and installation of the grouting tubes 5 may be exchanged or simultaneously carried out; after the air bags 4 and the grouting tubes 5 are both installed, the air bags 4 are connected with air tubes which are connected with an external air compressor, and the grouting tubes 5 (namely the above-mentioned grouting tubes 5) in the furrows are correspondingly connected with vertical grouting tubes 8 vertically disposed in the sea (the installation time of the vertical grouting tubes 8 is set before the connection between the grouting tubes 5 in the furrows and the vertical grouting tubes 8); as shown in
(18) after implantation of the immersed tubes 1, and before the locked backfilling, sealing components 9 (which are sandbags in this embodiment, but not limited to the sandbags) for preventing the solidifiable slurry from flowing out of two ends of the large furrows 2 are firstly disposed in openings at the two ends of the large furrows 2, and in addition, sealing components 9 for preventing the solidifiable slurry from flowing out are also disposed on the outer sides of the gravel mattresses 13 between the large furrows 2 and the small furrows 3 for installing the stop components; then the locked backfilling is carried out; and during the backfilling, bending or breakage of the vertical grouting tubes 8 due to fast backfilling should be prevented.
(19) C. After the locked backfilling of the immersed tubes 1 (as shown in
(20) To be more specific, in the first stage, namely the concrete grouting stage, the bottom grouting tubes 5 of the two groups of grouting tubes 5 are used to carry out grouting simultaneously; during the grouting, the concrete discharging speed of the trailer pumps is controlled at 30 m.sup.3/h, and the total time does not exceed 10 h; in order to monitor a concrete grouting pressure, it needs to install pressure meters at waterborne elbow positions of the vertical grouting tubes connected with the pumps;
(21) In order to guarantee maximized filling of the bottoms of the immersed tubes 1, a second stage is carried out: after concrete grouting is completed, mortar is grouted immediately in a way basically consistent with the concrete pouring, but after the grouting is completed, it needs to use the trailer pumps to stabilize the pressure; during the concrete grouting, values on the pressure cells and level gauges (which are installed on the immersed tubes 1) are recorded all the time; when the total amount is about to reach a designed amount, it needs to slow down the grouting (in the pressure stabilizing process, it needs to use the mortar pumps to continuously compensate the pressure till the values on the pressure meters are stable); if the values on the pressure meters and the pressure cells are increased to approach target values or change suddenly, the grouting is stopped immediately; in the pressure stabilizing process, 20 m.sup.3 of mortar is needed in total; during the grouting, as the pressure cell has limited test precision, and the influence of the slurry on the pressure cells is approximate to the order of influence of a tide level and the density of the seawater, relevant data need to be collected in the grouting pressure monitoring process; meanwhile, the tide level monitoring data frequency should be the same as the monitoring frequency of the pressure meters, and the measurement precision is up to 0.1 m; in addition, during grouting, the postures and the heights of the immersed tubes 1 need to be monitored, and may be adjusted by adjusting the grouting amounts at different positions according to data of the pressure cells, and the principle is as shown in
Embodiment 2
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(23) A. Construction equipment is prepared: concrete production and pumping equipment and auxiliary ship engine equipment are disposed at a construction position; it is planned that the concrete production and pumping equipment includes two mixing ships which have properties of raw material storage, ship anchor mooring positioning and the like besides the concrete production and pumping performance; an aggregate storage bin of each ship may load 1,800 m.sup.3 of materials, and a filler bin may load 600 m.sup.3 of materials, so that 2,000 m.sup.3 of concrete may be poured by once stocking in the two ships, and may completely meet a requirement for pouring of base slurry; six trailer pumps (two for standby application) are installed on the construction platform; each trailer pump has a theoretical displacement of 90 m.sup.3/h; and an extra towboat with power of 3,600 hp and an extra anchor boat with power of 900 hp and rated unmooring capacity of 10 t need to be provided for realizing waterborne movement, anchoring positioning of the concrete mixing ships.
(24) B. Grouting-related structures are installed: furrows for installing grouting tubes 5 are two large furrows 2 which are placed below the final joint 12 and are formed by edges of three adjacent gravel mattresses 13; the tops of the gravel mattresses 13 have small furrows 3 smaller than the large furrows 2; before locked backfilling of the final joint 12 to be implanted (in this embodiment, specifically before implantation of the final joint 12), the grouting tubes 5 capable of outputting solidifiable slurry are disposed in the furrows below the final joint 12 (the slurry is concrete; as shown in
(25) there are four grouting tubes 5 in each large furrow 2; two groups of grouting tubes 5 are symmetrically disposed on two axial sides of the immersed tubes 1, and each group includes two grouting tubes 5; the two grouting tubes 5 in the same group are distributed in parallel at the same height; during subsequent grouting, only one of the two grouting tubes 5 in the same group carries out grouting, and the other one is standby and is started when the grouting tube 5 in a grouting state is blocked; in addition, the grouting tubes 5 in the grouting states on different sides in each large furrow 2 are staggered from each other to guarantee compact and full flowing of the slurry; there are four brackets 6 (as shown in
(26) pressure sensors 14 are disposed in the furrows (the pressure sensors 14 are pressure cells, and in this embodiment, they are high-precision vibrating wire type earth pressure cells having effects as follows: during grouting of the grouting tubes 5, the pressure sensors 14 are used to monitor pressure changes in the furrows; five pressure cells are disposed at the ditch bottom in each large furrow 2 along the axial direction of the furrow in an equal spacing manner, and are installed on the upper surfaces of profiles at the bottoms of the brackets 6; there are ten pressure cells in the two large furrows 2 in total; in addition, on one side, which is opposite to the final joint 12, of each large furrow 2, two pressure cells are disposed between the large furrow 2 and the small furrows 3 for installing air bags 4, and one pressure cell is disposed beside the small furrows 3 for installing the air bags 4 towards a direction away from the large furrow 2; two pressure cells are disposed on the gravel mattress 13 below the final joint 12, that is, there are eight pressure cells on the gravel mattresses 13 at the installation position; a connection line of the eight pressure cells is parallel to the axial lines of the immersed tubes 1; the pressure cells are connected with data lines which extend towards the outsides of the gravel mattresses 13, thus facilitating transmission of data measured by the pressure cells during subsequent grouting);
(27) before the locked backfilling of the final joint 12 (in this embodiment, specifically before implantation of the final joint 12, the final joint 12 and the end portions of two immersed tubes 1 jointed with the final joint 12 are simultaneously backfilled during locked backfilling); stop components for filling the small furrows 3 are disposed in the small furrows 3 (in this embodiment, the stop components are the air bags 4, but not limited to the air bags 4); flexible spacer layers are disposed between the air bags 4 and the small furrows 3 (in this embodiment, the flexible spacer layers consist of geotextiles, but not limited to the geotextiles); before installation of the air bags 4, they are subjected to a pressing test at a test pressure of 0.24 Mpa; at least seven small furrows 3 are disposed on two sides of the large furrows 2 side by side (the small furrows 3 are not the small furrows on the gravel mattress 13 below the final joint 12); each air bag 4 is 23 m in length, 40 cm in width before inflation, and 25 cm in diameter after inflation; two air bags 4 are overlapped in each small furrow 3 at an overlapping length of about 3 m; the air bags 4 at two ends are basically consistent with the outer side of the gravel mattress 13; the flexible spacer layers are disposed on the inner surface of the seventh small furrow 3 and at the furrow top beside the seventh small furrow 3 (before disposal of the flexible spacer layers, positions, which are to be equipped with the flexible spacer layers, on the surfaces of the gravel mattresses 13 are subjected to gravel finishing, so that irregular bulge structures are reduced, possible damage caused by bulges to the air bags 4 after the flexible spacer layers are paved is prevented, and the influence on the stop effect on the slurry is also avoided; after being subjected to the gravel finishing, the small furrows 3 are about 15 cm in depth); besides the air bags disposed at the two above-mentioned positions in the seventh small furrow, air bags are also disposed in two small furrows between the two positions in the seventh small furrow and the adjacent large furrow; the air bags 4 are installed in eight small furrows in total; each flexible spacer layer consists of two layers of geotextiles, and is fixed by heavy objects such as an iron chain or gravels; after the flexible spacer layers are disposed, the air bags 4 are installed; the gravel mattresses 13 are exposed from connection ports at the end portions of the air bags 4; installation of the air bags 4 and installation of the grouting tubes 5 may be exchanged or simultaneously carried out; after the air bags 4 and the grouting tubes 5 are both installed, the air bags 4 are connected with air tubes which are connected with an external air compressor, and the grouting tubes 5 (namely the above-mentioned grouting tubes 5) in the furrows are correspondingly connected with vertical grouting tubes 8 vertically disposed in the sea (the installation time of the vertical grouting tubes 8 is set before the connection between the grouting tubes 5 in the furrows and the vertical grouting tubes 8); the corresponding vertical grouting tubes 8 are correspondingly connected with the concrete production and pumping equipment (the grouting tubes 5 in one furrow corresponds to one vertical grouting tube 8); the vertical grouting tubes 8 are connected with the immersed tubes 1 through steel wires, thus reducing the influence of flowing of seawater on the vertical grouting tubes 8; in addition, the vertical grouting tubes 8 are connected with two floating balls to adjust negative buoyance;
(28) after implantation of the final joint 12, and before the locked backfilling, sealing components 9 (which are sandbags in this embodiment, but not limited to the sandbags) for preventing the solidifiable slurry from flowing out of two ends of the large furrows 2 are firstly disposed in openings at the two ends of the large furrows 2, and in addition, sealing components 9 for preventing the solidifiable slurry from flowing out are also disposed on the outer sides of the gravel mattresses 13 between two small furrows 3 for installing the stop components; then the locked backfilling is carried out; and during the backfilling, bending or breakage of the vertical grouting tubes 8 due to fast backfilling should be prevented.
(29) C. After the locked backfilling of the final joint 12, the grouting tubes 5 in the two large furrows 2 are used to carry out the grouting simultaneously at a grouting amount of about 550 m.sup.3; unsegregated concrete is grouted according to a grouting speed of 30 m.sup.3/h, and the expected total grouting time is about 14 hours; the slurry meets the conditions as follows: after 3 days, its intensity is not more than 0.5 Mpa, and its long-term intensity ranges from 1.0 Mpa to 1.5 Mpa; the slurry may have underwater non-separation resistance as it needs to be transported at a long distance; when an uneven foundation is filled with the slurry, small bleeding and a small foundation permeation amount are caused; delayed solidification time is not shorter than 72 hours; and the slurry may be suitable for a pumping distance of 200 meters or a longer distance; the slump degree is 650+/50 mm; and the maximum aggregate size does not exceed 20 mm.
(30) To be more specific, in the first stage, namely the filling stage, the grouting tubes 5 in the two furrows start to carry out grouting; during the grouting, the concrete discharging speed of the trailer pumps is controlled at 30 m.sup.3/h; in order to monitor a concrete grouting pressure, it needs to install pressure meters at waterborne elbow positions of the vertical grouting tubes connected with the pumps;
(31) in order to guarantee maximized filling of the bottoms of the immersed tubes 1, a second stage is carried out, namely a prepressing and compacting stage; the grouting mode is basically consistent with concrete pouring; after filling is completed, the prepressing and compacting stage is carried out: the grouting amounts are continuously adjusted according to readings on the pressure cells and level gauges; during grouting, the concrete grouting pressure is determined according to the pressure meters installed at the waterborne elbow positions; when the pressure has a substantial sudden change, the grouting should be stopped. During grouting, as the pressure cell has limited test precision, and the influence of the slurry on the pressure cells is approximate to the order of influence of a tide level and the density of the seawater, relevant data need to be collected in the grouting pressure monitoring process; meanwhile, the tide level monitoring data frequency should be the same as the monitoring frequency of the pressure meters, and the measurement precision is up to 0.1 m; in addition, during grouting, the postures and the heights of the immersed tubes 1 need to be monitored, and may be adjusted by adjusting the grouting amounts at different positions according to data of the pressure cells.