Abstract

In practical engineering, whilst estimating the jacking force of rectangular pipe jacking using an empirical formula, the results obtained from said formula deviate from reality and manifest inadequate engineering guidance. The equations governing the applied force during the installation of rectangular pipe jacking have been derived for various contact states involving the interaction between the pipe, slurry, and soil. The distinct stress conditions in the pipe jacking process as well as the shear-friction mechanism between the pipe and the surrounding soil have been taken into account. The displacement control method is introduced to simulate the pipe–slurry–soil contact friction during the pipe jacking process in FLAC3D. Additionally, the pipe jacking behavior, pipe–slurry–soil contact frictional force, and variation law of the jacking force are also simulated. Mutual verification was carried out using the results obtained from field monitoring, numerical and theoretical. The findings are as follows: the established equations for calculating pipe jacking force are highly applicable across various conditions of pipe–slurry–soil contact, and the outcomes derived from theoretical formulas align remarkably well with those obtained through field monitoring and numerical simulation. During the jacking process, the sidewalls exhibit initial partial sliding followed by a complete movement as the jacking force intensifies and subsequently diminishes, eventually attaining stability during the behavior adjustment phase. Moreover, the bottom pipe–soil contact is the most common situation in actual construction.

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