Abstract
In this paper, areas of soil disturbed by pipe jack construction are categorized and analyzed in detail. Mechanisms of soil disturbance are discussed and patterns of soil deformation are studied using random medium theory. Lateral deformations in deep soil, pore water pressures, stratified settlement, and earth pressures are investigated using measurements from an electrical transmission pipeline project in China. The measurements show that soil layer movement can be predicted by monitoring changes in pore water pressure, and the amplitude of soil disturbance transverse to the pipeline is larger than that above the pipeline in this project. The distributions of stress components in the direction of, and vertical to, the pipeline axis are studied by numerical simulation. It shows that the closer to the pipeline axis, the greater the additional stress, the faster the attenuation speed, and the smaller the range of influence. Relationships of positive propulsion, friction, and stratum loss with longitudinal and transverse surface deformations are also discussed. The ground displacement is a coupling of the three factors to the action of the soil. The surface transverse subsidence with a main influence range of about ±4 D (D is outer diameter of pipe jacking). The findings from this study can be used as technical foundation and reference for the construction of similar projects.
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