Final joint of immersed tunnel as well as prefabrication method and installation method
10526762 ยท 2020-01-07
Assignee
- China Communications Construction Company Limited (Beijing, CN)
- CCCC Highway Consultants Co. Ltd. (Beijing, CN)
Inventors
- Ming LIN (Beijing, CN)
- Xiaodong Liu (Beijing, CN)
- Jibing Gao (Beijing, CN)
- Yi Li (Beijing, CN)
- Haiqing YIN (Beijing, CN)
- Wei Lin (Beijing, CN)
- Yonggang LV (Beijing, CN)
- Ke Deng (Beijing, CN)
- Qiang Wang (Beijing, CN)
- Qian Cheng (Beijing, CN)
- Lingfeng Liu (Beijing, CN)
- Hai Ji (Beijing, CN)
- Zhigang Zhang (Beijing, CN)
- Huaiping Su (Beijing, CN)
- Xiaodong Wang (Beijing, CN)
Cpc classification
E02D29/07
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
E02D29/067
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
E02D29/073
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
International classification
E02D29/073
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
E02D29/16
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
E02D29/07
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
Abstract
The present application discloses a final joint of an immersed tunnel, a prefabrication method and an installation method, wherein the final joint includes two end surfaces connected with installed adjacent tube sections; the two end surfaces are both tilted surfaces, so that the longitudinal profile of the final joint along an installation direction is of an inverted trapezoid structure; and the final joint further may be of a structure with a tube section I and a tube section II which are connected with each other. The final joint of the immersed tunnel is simple in structure, convenient to control and relatively high in precision, thereby reducing lots of open sea diving work and lowering a risk of installation quality defects; as prefabrication procedures are simple, the final joint may be prefabricated in a land factory and then transported to the site, thereby reducing influence of weather conditions on construction; a body structure of the final joint is prefabricated in the factory, and then the overall final joint is transported to the site for installation; water stop systems realize quick water stop, thus forming a dry construction environment; and therefore, the influence of weather and tidal current conditions on a project may be reduced, and a quality risk may be lowered.
Claims
1. A final joint of an immersed tunnel, comprising: two end surfaces connected with installed adjacent tube sections; a tube section I and a tube section II connected with each other; and water stop structural members and a plurality of shear keys connecting the tube section I and the tube section II, wherein: the two end surfaces are both tilted surfaces, and connection surfaces of the tube section I and the tube section II are tilted surfaces respectively connected with the installed adjacent tube sections, so that the longitudinal profile of the final joint jointly formed by the tube section I and the tube section II along an installation direction is of an inverted trapezoid structure, and the water stop structural members are at peripheries of combination surfaces of the tube section I and the tube section II.
2. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 1, wherein the shear keys comprise middle wall vertical steel shear keys at a middle part of the combination surfaces of the tube section I or the tube section II, side wall vertical steel shear keys on two sides of the combination surfaces, and horizontal shear keys connected between inner walls of the tube section I and the tube section.
3. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 1, wherein structures of the tube section I and the tube section II are identical, and longitudinal profiles are both of right trapezoid structures.
4. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 1, wherein an inclination angle between the tilted surface of the tube section I or/and the tube section II and a vertical direction is 5 to 15 degrees.
5. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 1, further comprising water stop systems on the end surfaces connected with the installed adjacent tube sections.
6. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 5, wherein the water stop systems are also on the end surfaces of the tube section I and the tube section II; the water stop systems comprise push devices on the connection surface of the tube section I or/and the tube section II; and the final joint of the immersed tunnel further comprises a circular water stop band outside each push device.
7. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 6, wherein the push devices comprise jacks on the connection surfaces of the tube section I and the tube section II; and the jacks comprise piston rods, pushing joists and joist sliding blocks, wherein the piston rods are connected with the pushing joists, and the pushing joists are respectively connected to the connection surfaces of the tube section I and the tube section II through the joist sliding blocks.
8. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 6, wherein the tube section I and the tube section II include at least two backup pipelines that penetrate through the tube sections I and II along a longitudinal direction, and the backup pipelines include prestressed tendons.
9. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 8, wherein the at least two backup pipelines are at each of a top and a bottom of each of the tube section I and the tube section II; the prestressed tendons are in each backup pipeline, and the final joint of the immersed tunnel further comprises anchor heads at end portions of the backup pipelines.
10. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 8, wherein the tube section I and the tube section II are hollow, and the final joint of the immersed tunnel further comprises end seal doors in inner cavities of the tube section I and the tube section II.
11. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 10, wherein the tube section I or/and the tube section II comprise a metal shell body; the metal shell body comprises a plurality of transverse diaphragms and longitudinal diaphragms therein; the transverse diaphragms and longitudinal diaphragms divide the metal shell body into a plurality of closed compartments; and each closed compartment is filled with concrete, and has concrete pouring holes and exhaust holes.
12. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 11, further comprising a plurality of L-shaped steel stiffening ribs on the connection surface of the tube section I or/and the tube section II.
13. A final joint of an immersed tunnel, comprising: two end surfaces connected with installed adjacent tube sections; water stop systems on the end surfaces connected with the installed adjacent tube sections; and a tube section I and a tube section II connected with each other, wherein: the two end surfaces are both tilted surfaces, connection surfaces of the tube section I and the tube section II are tilted surfaces respectively connected with the installed adjacent tube sections, so that the longitudinal profile of the final joint jointly formed by the tube section I and the tube section II along an installation direction has an inverted trapezoid structure, the water stop systems comprise push devices on the connection surface of the tube section I or/and the tube section II, the final joint of the immersed tunnel further comprises a circular water stop band outside each push device, and the push devices comprise jacks on the connection surfaces of the tube section I and the tube section II, and the jacks comprise piston rods, pushing joists and joist sliding blocks, wherein the piston rods are connected with the pushing joists, and the pushing joists are respectively connected to the connection surfaces of the tube section I and the tube section II through the joist sliding blocks.
14. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 13, wherein the tube section I and the tube section II are connected through water stop structural members and a plurality of shear keys; and the water stop structural members are at the peripheries of combination surfaces of the tube section I and the tube section II.
15. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 13, further comprising a plurality of cavities in peripheries of each of the tube section I and the tube section II; wherein each jack and each pushing joist is in a corresponding one of the cavities.
16. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 15, wherein an end portion of each pushing joist is parallel to the connection surfaces of the tube section I and the tube section II, and the water stop bands are perpendicular to the end surfaces of the pushing joists.
17. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 13, further comprising M-shaped water stop bands between the pushing joists and the tube sections I and II.
18. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 17, wherein the M-shaped water stop bands are fixedly connected to the pushing joists through pressing member systems comprising pressing plates, pressing strips, screws and spring washers connected with end portions of the M-shaped water stop bands.
19. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 13, wherein the tube section I and the tube section II are connected through water stop structural members and a plurality of shear keys; and the water stop structural members are at the peripheries of combination surfaces of the tube section I and the tube section II.
20. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 13, wherein structures of the tube section I and the tube section II are identical, and longitudinal profiles of both the tube section I and the tube section II are right trapezoids.
21. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 13, wherein the tilted surface of each of the tube section I and the tube section II has an inclination angle from 5 to 15 degrees with respect to a vertical direction.
22. A final joint of an immersed tunnel, comprising: two end surfaces connected with installed adjacent tube sections; a tube section I and a tube section II connected with each other; water stop systems on the two end surfaces connected with the installed adjacent tube sections and on end surfaces of the tube section I and the tube section II, wherein: the two end surfaces are both tilted surfaces connection surfaces of the tube section I and the tube section II are tilted surfaces respectively connected with the installed adjacent tube sections, so that the longitudinal profile of the final joint jointly formed by the tube section I and the tube section II along an installation direction has an inverted trapezoid structure, the water stop systems comprise (i) push devices on at least one of the connection surfaces of the tube section I and the tube section II and (ii) a circular water stop band outside each push device, the tube section I and the tube section II include at least two backup pipelines that penetrate through the tube sections I and II along a longitudinal direction, the backup pipelines include prestressed tendons, the tube section I and the tube section II are hollow and further include (i) inner cavities and (ii) end seal doors in the inner cavities, the tube section I and/or the tube section II comprise(s) a metal shell body and a plurality of transverse diaphragms and longitudinal diaphragms in the metal shell body, wherein the transverse diaphragms and longitudinal diaphragms divide the metal shell body into a plurality of closed compartments, and each closed compartment comprises concrete pouring holes and exhaust holes, and is filled with concrete.
23. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 22, wherein the tube section I and the tube section II are connected through water stop structural members and a plurality of shear keys; and the water stop structural members are at the peripheries of combination surfaces of the tube section I and the tube section II.
24. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 22, wherein structures of the tube section I and the tube section II are identical, and longitudinal profiles of both the tube section I and the tube section II are right trapezoids.
25. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 22, wherein the tilted surface of each of the tube section I and the tube section II has an inclination angle from 5 to 15 degrees with respect to a vertical direction.
26. The final joint of the immersed tunnel according to claim 22, further comprising a plurality of L-shaped steel stiffening ribs on the connection surfaces of the tube section I and the tube section II.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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(7) Markers in the drawings are as follows:
(8) 1 for final joint; 101 for tube section I; 102 for tube section II; 2 for installed adjacent tube section; 3 for water stop structural member; 4 for shear key; 5 for water stop system; 6 for end seal door; 7 for gravel foundation bed; 8 for post-grouting region; 9 for shell body concrete composite structure; 10 for longitudinal diaphragm; 11 for L-shaped steel stiffening rib; 12 for hoisting point; 13 for side wall vertical steel shear key; 14 for middle wall vertical steel shear key; 15 for horizontal shear key; 16 for seamless steel pipe; 17 for anchor head; 18 for jack; 19 for pushing joist; 20 for joist sliding block; 21 for water stop band; 22 for M-shaped water stop band; 23 for measurement tower; 24 for guide adjustment system; 25 for guide frame.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
(9) 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 based on contents of the present application shall fall within the scope of the present application.
Embodiment 1
(10) As shown in Figures from 1 to 4, a final joint 1 of an immersed tunnel includes a tube section I 101 and a tube section II 102 which are connected with each other. Connection surfaces, which are respectively connected with installed adjacent tube sections 2, of the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102 are tilted surfaces, so that the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102 jointly form an inverted trapezoid structure on the longitudinal profile along an installation direction; and water stop systems 5 connected with the installed adjacent tube sections 2 are disposed on the connection surfaces of the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102.
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(12) In addition, a plurality of L-shaped steel stiffening ribs 11 are disposed on the connection surfaces of the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102, and the shear force transmission L-shaped steel stiffening ribs 11 are distributed according to certain spacing, and transverse stiffening plates are also disposed longitudinally at certain spacing; and in addition, the cross section of the final joint 1 is designed in consideration of the distribution of hoisting points 12 in a construction process, thereby preventing slippage between steel plates and a concrete interface to guarantee common deformations of the shell bodies and the filled concrete.
(13) The tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102 are both of hollow structures, and end seal doors 6 are disposed in their inner cavities to prevent the water from entering the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102 during tube immersion and avoid the influence on subsequent connection construction.
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(15) Further, the shear keys are disposed between the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102, wherein middle wall vertical steel shear keys 14 and side wall vertical steel shear keys 13 are disposed on the combination surfaces of the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102. The middle wall vertical steel shear keys 14 are located at middle part isolation wall body positions of the combination surfaces of the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102; the side wall vertical steel shear keys 13 are located at side wall isolation wall body positions on two sides of the combination surfaces of the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102; for all the middle wall vertical steel shear keys 14 and all the side wall vertical steel shear keys 13, one part of each structure is located in a corresponding groove position on the combination surface of the tube section I 101, and the other part of the structure is located in a corresponding groove position on the combination surface of the tube section II 102; more than one middle wall vertical steel shear key 14 and more than one side wall vertical steel shear key 13 are included; in addition, for horizontal shear keys 15, one part of each structure is connected to the inner wall of a channel of the tube section I 101, and the other part of the structure is connected to the inner wall of a channel of the tube section II 102; and the quantity of the horizontal shear keys 15 is equal to that of the mutually corresponding channels in the tube section I and the tube section II. The middle wall vertical steel shear keys 14 and the side wall vertical steel shear keys 13 have effects of preventing the combination surfaces of the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102 from mutually sliding and moving up and down, and the horizontal shear keys 15 have an effect of preventing mutual longitudinal separation of the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102.
(16) For the purpose of facilitating prefabrication machining, the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102 are of mutually symmetric right trapezoid structures. Further, the connection surfaces, which are respectively connected with the installed adjacent tube sections 2, of the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102 form included angles of 5 to 15 degrees with the normal direction of an immersed tunnel installation surface, that is the immersed tunnel installation surface as shown in
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(19) Actually, a plurality of cavities are formed in the peripheries of the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102. Each jack 18 and each pushing joist 19 are disposed in each cavity. The distribution spacing and the quantity of the jacks 18 and the strokes, the installation lengths and the sizes of jacking force of the jacks 18 are determined via stress calculation. Further, the end portion of each pushing joist 19 is parallel to the connection surfaces of the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102, and the Gina water stop bands 21 are perpendicularly disposed on the end surfaces of the pushing joists 19. GINA water stop bands 2121 at the front ends of the joists are made of natural rubber, and are fixed on the tilted surfaces at the end portions of the joists through pressing member systems, and the water stop bands and the pressing member systems are perpendicular to the tilted surfaces at the end portions of the joists. One circle of water stop band is disposed along the tilted surface of the end portion of each joist, and is transitioned at a corner according to an arc with a fixed radius, and the circle center and the tilted surface at the end portion of the joist are coplanar; pressing plates and pressing strips should adopt anticorrosion coatings; aramid fiber reinforcing objects are added into the tip portions of the water stop bands to enhance the strength. The pressing member systems include the pressing plates, the pressing strips, hexagon socket cap screws and spring washers. The pressing plates and the pressing strips should adopt the anticorrosion coatings; the aramid fiber reinforcing objects are added into the tip portions of the water stop structural members 3 to enhance the strength.
(20) In addition, M-shaped water stop bands 22 are further disposed between the pushing joists 19 and the tube sections I 101 and II 102, and are used for sealing cavity gap to sea paths. Made of butadiene styrene rubber, the M-shaped water stop bands 22 have certain deformability under a condition of a pressure greater than a specific water pressure. The M-shaped water stop bands 22 are fixedly connected to the pushing joists 19 through the pressing member systems including the pressing plates, the pressing strips, the screws and the spring washers which are connected with the two end portions of the M-shaped water stop bands 22.
(21) According to the final joint 1 of the immersed tunnel of the present application, the inverted trapezoid structure is formed by the tube section 1101 and the tube section II 102, so that during immersed installation of a final tube head, its position and posture may be controlled conveniently, a risk of collision with the to-be-connected installed adjacent tube sections 2 is lowered, and the final tube head enters the installation station conveniently. The tilted surfaces formed by the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102 are matched with the installed adjacent tube sections 2, and then connection and installation construction of the two tube sections is completed through the water stop systems 5, wherein the target of the water stop systems 5 is to realize a closed dry environment between the final joint 1 and the installed adjacent tube sections 2 and weld the joint in this environment.
(22) The final joint 1 of the immersed tunnel is simple in structure, convenient to install and control and relatively high in precision. During installation, lots of open sea diving work may be further reduced, and a risk of installation quality defects is lowered.
Embodiment 2
(23) The present application further provides a prefabrication method of a final joint 1 of an immersed tunnel, including:
(24) Step I, respectively forming a shell body of a tube section I 101 and a shell body of a tube section II 102 according to shapes of the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102;
(25) Step II, installing a plurality of transverse diaphragm and longitudinal diaphragms 10 in the shell body of the tube section I 101 and the shell body of the tube section II 102 to form a plurality of compartments, and forming pouring holes and exhaust holes in each compartment;
(26) Step III, connecting the shell body of the tube section I 101 with the shell body of the tube section II 102, and performing tensioning and compression through prestressed tendons, wherein multiple bundles of steel strands are disposed at each of a top plate and a bottom plate of the final joint 1, two backup pipelines are respectively reserved on each of the top plate and the bottom plate, and prestressed tendon pipelines are structurally seamless steel tubes 16;
(27) Step IV, performing pouring: respectively pouring concrete through the pouring holes in the shell body of the tube section I 101 and the shell body of the tube section II 102, thus forming the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102, wherein the final joint 1 is poured by a high-flow concrete pumping process in a factory, and self-leveling and vibration-free concrete is available in the pouring process; the adoption of a sectional pouring method reduces influence of concrete shrinkage and internalization heat on the structure to the maximum extent; and each compartment has a proper number of pouring holes and exhaust holes with proper diameters, thereby guaranteeing the overall pouring compactness.
(28) Step V, installing water stop systems 5 on the connection surfaces, which are respectively connected with installed adjacent tube sections 2, of the shell body of the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102, thus completing prefabrication of the final joint 1 of the immersed tunnel.
(29) Further, the way of connecting the shell body of the tube section I 101 with the shell body of the tube section II 102 in Step III is realized through horizontal shear keys, middle wall vertical steel shear keys and side wall vertical steel shear keys which are disposed on the combination surface of the tube section I 101 or the tube section II 102.
(30) In addition, within 48 hours after the tensioning is carried out through the prestressed tendons in Step III, vacuum pressure grouting is carried out in the prestressed tendon pipeline, and two ends of the prestressed tendon pipeline are anchored at the same time.
(31) According to the prefabrication method of the final joint 1 of the immersed tunnel, prefabrication of a final structure of the immersed tunnel is realized by prefabricating the shell body of the tube section I 101 and the shell body of the tube section II 102, arranging the plurality of transverse diaphragms and longitudinal diaphragms 10 to form the plurality of compartments, then connecting the two tube sections, tensioning and compressing the tube sections through the prestressed tendons, and finally pouring the concrete and installing the water stop systems 5; prefabrication procedures of the final joint 1 of the immersed tunnel are simple; and the final joint may be prefabricated in a land factory and then transported to the site, thereby reducing influence of weather conditions on construction, also lowering a quality risk, and improving the prefabrication efficiency of the final structure of the immersed tunnel.
Embodiment 3
(32) The present application further provides an installation method of a final joint 1 of an immersed tunnel, including:
(33) Step I, prefabricating a tube section 1101 and a tube section II 102, and forming the final joint 1 of the immersed tunnel by adopting the above-mentioned prefabrication method of the final joint 1 of the immersed tunnel in Embodiment 2;
(34) Step II, arranging tilted to-be-installed surfaces on two installed adjacent tube sections 2 to be connected with the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102, respectively matching the two to-be-installed surfaces with connection surfaces of the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102 in shape, and respectively installing end seal doors 6 in the tube section I 101, the tube section II 102 and the two installed adjacent tube sections 2, wherein outfitting work of the final joint 1 mainly includes in-tube outfitting members and tube-top outfitting members; the tube-top outfitting members mainly include guide systems 24, cable stranding systems, measurement towers 23, long manholes and the like; the in-tube outfitting members include grouting, detection and installation auxiliary equipment; and the in-tube outfitting members and the tube-top outfitting members are also assembled with a tower crane in a prefabrication factory;
(35) Step III, towing the final joint 1 of the immersed tunnel to a position above an installation station, then immersing the final joint 1, and adjusting its posture to enable it to be aligned with the installation station between the two installed adjacent tube sections 2;
(36) Step IV, respectively switching on water stop systems 5 on the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102, wherein the two water stop systems 5 are respectively in contact with the to-be-installed surfaces of the two installed adjacent tube sections 2 to respectively form two combination cavities;
(37) Step V, draining water from each combination cavity, thus forming a dry working environment;
(38) Step VI, temporarily locking the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102 on the corresponding installed adjacent tube sections 2 respectively, removing the end seal doors 6, and respectively welding the connection surfaces of the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102 onto the corresponding installed adjacent tube sections 2;
(39) Step VII, relieving prestress in the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102, grouting a prestressed tendon pipeline, and finally completing installation of the final joint 1 of the immersed tunnel.
(40) Further, the end seal doors 6 are disposed in the two installed adjacent tube sections 2 in Step II, and then are removed after Step V is completed. In addition, the measurement towers 23, the long manholes, the guide adjustment systems 24, hoisting facilities and the like are disposed at the tops of the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102, and relevant equipment such as grouting facilities are disposed in the tube section I 101 and the tube section II 102; the temporary water stop systems 5 are disposed at combination portions; and guide frames 25 are correspondingly disposed at the tops of the installed adjacent tube sections 2.
(41) Further, before the final joint 1 of the immersed tunnel is immersed in Step III, a gravel foundation bed 7 is pre-paved on a bottom foundation of the installation station; and after the final joint 1 of the immersed tunnel is installed in Step VI, a grouting region around the final joint 1 of the immersed tunnel is grouted through a preset grouting tube, wherein during construction, the end seal doors 6 are disposed in the installed adjacent tube sections 2 and the final joint 1; the gravel foundation bed 7 is pre-paved on the bottom foundation of the installed adjacent tube sections 2 and the final joint 1; the pre-paved gravel foundation bed 7 is of a structure with alternating ridges and furrows; after the final joint 1 is immersed and is rigidly connected with the installed adjacent tube sections 2, before in-tube ballasting construction, the preset grouting tube of the bottom plate is used to carry out post-grouting in a post-grouting region 8 to enhance a foundation support of this region.
(42) According to the installation method of the final joint 1 of the immersed tunnel, a body structure of the final joint 1 is prefabricated in a factory, wherein the water stop systems 5 are also installed in the factory; then the overall final joint is transported to the site for installation through a large-sized floating crane; and the water stop systems 5 realize quick water stop to form the dry construction environment, thereby reducing influence of weather and tidal current conditions on a project, and also shortening the project construction period and lowering a quality risk.
(43) The above contents are only preferred implementation modes of the present application. It should be noted that a person skilled in the art can make a plurality of improvements and replacements without departing from the technology principle of the present application, and these improvements and replacements shall be regarded as the scope of protection of the present application.