Water level reciprocating lifting and lowering loess tunnel surrounding rock pressure prediction method and system
By conducting triaxial compression tests and numerical simulations on the surrounding rock of loess tunnels, the dry-wet cycle process and predicted pressure of the surrounding rock under different working conditions were obtained. This solved the problem that the influence of repeated rises and falls of water level on the surrounding rock pressure was not considered, and improved the accuracy of surrounding rock pressure prediction.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SHAANXI WATER CONSERVANCY & ELECTRIC POWER SURVEY & DESIGN INSTITUTE (GROUP) CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2026-06-25
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-24
AI Technical Summary
Existing technologies fail to effectively consider the impact of fluctuating water levels on the surrounding rock pressure of loess tunnels, resulting in inaccurate predictions of surrounding rock pressure and making them unsuitable for predicting the surrounding rock pressure of hydraulic tunnels in water-rich loess strata.
By conducting triaxial compression tests on multiple samples of surrounding rock in loess tunnels under different wet-dry cycles, the mapping relationship between shear strength index and wet-dry cycle number was obtained. Combined with numerical simulation, the wet-dry cycle process and predicted pressure of surrounding rock under different working conditions were determined, and the Protodyakonov theoretical formula was improved to enhance prediction accuracy.
It improves the accuracy of surrounding rock pressure prediction, is applicable to water-rich loess strata, and provides scientific and comprehensive support for the construction and operation of loess tunnels.
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