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Numerical Investigation of Water Inflow Characteristics in a Deep-Buried Tunnel Crossing Two Overlapped Intersecting Faults
Because fault core zones and damage zones overlap, when a tunnel crosses the intersecting faults the groundwater flow characteristics of the tunnel-surrounding rock will be different compared to that from a single fault. By using the theory of “Three-district zoning of faults”, an improved Darcy–Brinkman numerical model for a tunnel crossing the intersecting faults was established in this work. Based on the relative vertical positions between the tunnel axis and the intersection center of faults, the underground water seepage field was analyzed at steady-state by solving the improved Darcy–Brinkman equation for the host rock zone and the fault zone. The simulation results show that the flow field around the tunnel is almost unaffected by the relative positions but is mainly dependent on the relative heights. Specifically, the relative position variation of the fault intersection to the tunnel axis has little effect on the pore pressure. In terms of flow velocity, regardless of the relative positions of the fault intersection and the tunnel, the maximum value of flow velocity almost occurs near the bottom of the tunnel excavation face and consistently displays high values within a small distance ahead of the excavation face, and then decreases quickly as the distance increases. Furthermore, the flow velocity changes minimally in the host rock. It will likely encounter the maximum water inflow rate when the tunnel excavation face passes through the intersection. The numerical simulation results can provide a practical reference for predicting water inflow into deep-buried tunnels passing through overlapped intersecting faults.
Numerical Investigation of Water Inflow Characteristics in a Deep-Buried Tunnel Crossing Two Overlapped Intersecting Faults
Because fault core zones and damage zones overlap, when a tunnel crosses the intersecting faults the groundwater flow characteristics of the tunnel-surrounding rock will be different compared to that from a single fault. By using the theory of “Three-district zoning of faults”, an improved Darcy–Brinkman numerical model for a tunnel crossing the intersecting faults was established in this work. Based on the relative vertical positions between the tunnel axis and the intersection center of faults, the underground water seepage field was analyzed at steady-state by solving the improved Darcy–Brinkman equation for the host rock zone and the fault zone. The simulation results show that the flow field around the tunnel is almost unaffected by the relative positions but is mainly dependent on the relative heights. Specifically, the relative position variation of the fault intersection to the tunnel axis has little effect on the pore pressure. In terms of flow velocity, regardless of the relative positions of the fault intersection and the tunnel, the maximum value of flow velocity almost occurs near the bottom of the tunnel excavation face and consistently displays high values within a small distance ahead of the excavation face, and then decreases quickly as the distance increases. Furthermore, the flow velocity changes minimally in the host rock. It will likely encounter the maximum water inflow rate when the tunnel excavation face passes through the intersection. The numerical simulation results can provide a practical reference for predicting water inflow into deep-buried tunnels passing through overlapped intersecting faults.
Numerical Investigation of Water Inflow Characteristics in a Deep-Buried Tunnel Crossing Two Overlapped Intersecting Faults
Jing Wu (Autor:in) / Yani Lu (Autor:in) / Li Wu (Autor:in) / Yanhua Han (Autor:in) / Miao Sun (Autor:in)
2023
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
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