Numerical Analysis of Tunneling Influence on Settlement of Existing Pile Foundations Based on Orthogonal Design

Abstract

Because of the Limited urban space and the development of transport, underground space development, especially the metro construction, is vigorously developed in many cities. Subway passing through the existing building inevitably may cause the settlement and deformation of the buildings and their foundations. Therefore, research on the influence of tunneling on existing buildings has important significance. In order to study the influence of tunneling on settlement of existing pile foundations, soil elastic modulus, cohesion, friction angle, tunneling sizes, distance between tunnel opening boundaries and existing pile foundation etc. are discussed as analysis factors in this paper. The calculation schemes are designed based on orthogonal design, and then the influence of tunneling on existing buildings is researched according to the numerical calculation model which is established by the finite element software. Finally, the sensitivity of pile foundation settlement to various factors is analyzed according to the results of simulation analysis. we can draw the conclusions: the influence of tunneling on settlement of existing pile foundation is positively correlated with tunneling sizes, and is negatively correlated with soil parameters and distance between tunnel opening boundaries and existing pile foundations; The settlement of pile foundations can be effectively controlled by application of composite anchor isolation piles around the existing buildings piles, but with the increase of soil parameters and distance between tunnel opening boundaries and existing pile foundations, the strengthening effects are decreased; soil elastic modulus and excavation sizes are the key impact-factors of pile settlement within the distance of 5m between tunneling boundaries and existing pile foundations, which have extremely remarkable effect on the subsidence of pile foundations.