TECHNICS AND STAGES OF WORK ORGANIZATION IN THE TRENCHLESS LAYING OF PIPELINES USING MICROTUNNELLING TECHNOLOGIES

Abstract

The authors describe technics and stages of work organization in the construction of pipeline crossings through natural and artificial obstacles and construction of underground engineering communications of urban purpose using microtunnelling technologies. The essence of this technology is the penetration in the soil carried out by a tunnelling machine (microscope), the translational motion of which is provided by a powerful jack station, installed in the pit at a depth that corresponds to the depth of laying of the pipeline. The depth of laying of the pipeline should be in stable soils not less than two diameters, and in unstable soils – not less than three diameters from the surface of the earth to the upper creature pipeline. With the help of hydraulic jacks, the microchip is driven into the ground by a length corresponding to the length of the pipe sections used, after which the next pipe is installed on the jack station and the process is repeated. The types of microtunnel tunnelling complexes depending on the system of soil removal and bottomhole load are presented. The technological process of preparation and regeneration of the bentonite solution injected over the shell of the tunnelling machine and the forcing pipe sections to ensure the stability of the bottomhole and reduce the frictional forces between the pipeline and the soil and supplied into the bottomhole area for transportation of the developed soil from the bottomhole is considered. The technique of calculating the required punching force of pipe sections on a rectilinear section to be created by a jack station is proposed. The schemes of arrangement and principles of operation of the three modules (electronic laser system ELS, electronic laser system with hydrostatic water levelling ELS-HWL and gyro navigation system with a pointer to the north GNS-P) of the developed by Herrenknecht AG company for standardization of precise navigation in microtunnelling regardless of the length of the tunnel, its diameter and direction universal navigation system UNS are considered. The main advantages of microtunnelling are precisely in the direction of the plan and the profile (deviation from the design axis within 10-30 mm), fast (average rolling speed is 10-15 m / day) and with the minimum amount of subsidence of the daily surface (does not exceed 10 mm) construction of pipelines in combination with the possibility of laying both a rectilinear and complex curvilinear trajectory, at large depths (up to 100 m) and at considerable distances (up to 1000 m), in the whole range of engineering-technological and hydrogeological conditions.