Construction of shallow buried large-span metro stations using the small pipe roof-beam method

Abstract

In relation to the Shifu Road Station project on Line 4 of the Shenyang Metro in China, a small-pipe roof-beam method for constructing subway stations is presented. First, a numerical simulation was performed to optimize the supporting parameters of the proposed method and determine the design scheme. Subsequently, the deformation of the pipe roof and surface settlement during the construction process were investigated. Finally, the surface settlement attributed to the excavation was studied through field monitoring, and the proposed method was compared with other methods. The results show that an increase in the pipe-roof spacing has little effect on the surface settlement and pipe-roof deformation. The bearing capacity of the pipe roof can be efficiently utilized once the flexural stiffness reaches 2EI, and the flexural stiffness is not the dominant factor controlling the deformation. The essential stages in controlling surface settlement are the excavations of the transverse pilot tunnels and the soil between them. The final settlement value of the ground was 24.1 mm, resulting in a reduction in the construction period by at least five months while satisfying the control requirements.

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Keywords

subway station / pipe-roof method / surface settlement / simulation / on-site monitoring

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52108380), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (No. BK20210721), and the Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China (No. 2021M702400).

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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