instability occurs when an open well cannot maintain its size, shape, or structural stability. It is a common issue especially in shale sections and can be caused by both mechanical factors, such as poor drilling tech...
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instability occurs when an open well cannot maintain its size, shape, or structural stability. It is a common issue especially in shale sections and can be caused by both mechanical factors, such as poor drilling technique or weak rock, and chemical factors, such as interactions between the rock and drilling fluid. This problem can lead to costly and dangerous complications. In this study data from three wells in Nahr Umr Oil Field (NR-10, NR-12, and NR-14) in southern Iraq were analyzed to determine pore pressure and rock strength parameters, as well as in situ horizontal stresses. The results showed an increase in pore pressure and horizontal stress in shale units, and various geomechanical parameters were also estimated. The study showed the fault regime in the area is a strike-slip fault and suggested the estimated pore pressure values while drilling hole sections to prevent problems at abnormal and subnormal formations.
This paper presents an efficient method of shield tunneling reliability analysis using spatial random fields. We introduced two stochastic methods into numerical simulation. The first one computes the maximal ground s...
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This paper presents an efficient method of shield tunneling reliability analysis using spatial random fields. We introduced two stochastic methods into numerical simulation. The first one computes the maximal ground surface settlement using classical statistics, in which the response surface method is utilized to calculate the failure probability by first-order second moment. Cohesion, internal friction angle, Young's modulus and mechanical model factor are considered as random variables. The second method is the spatial random fields of aforementioned three key geotechnical parameters. Using these two methods, similar multiple soil layers are converted into a stationary random field by local regression as the first step, and then the process is followed by the spatially conditional discretization of multivariate. Failure probability of maximal ground surface settlement is calculated by a subset Monte-Carlo Algorithm. This approach is applied into the four-overlapping shield tunnels of the 5th and 6th metro lines intersecting at Huanhu W Rd station, Tianjin China. The failure analysis results indicated that classical statistics of geotechnical parameters showing higher variability than spatial random fields, which substantially support the complex shield tunneling project.
It is well known that geotechnical parameters impact dramatically soil-tunneling mechanics. Random field theory has been widely used for a single geotechnical parameter, including aleatory uncertainty, spatial variabi...
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(纸本)9789811300172;9789811300165
It is well known that geotechnical parameters impact dramatically soil-tunneling mechanics. Random field theory has been widely used for a single geotechnical parameter, including aleatory uncertainty, spatial variability and local singularity. Current challenge is focused on analyzing the spatially correlated soil layers. Coefficient of cohesion, internal friction angle, and Young's modulus are accounted in reliability analysis of ground surface settlement due to shallow-buried shield tunneling. At first, convert multiple non-stationary soil layers into stationary field using a local detrending method, and define the geostatistical parameters. Then, assume spatial variability of geotechnical parameters into aleatory randomness, and classical response surface method is utilized into reliability analysis. Furthermore, Co-sequential Gaussian discretization is conceived for multivariate spatial random field, in which failure probability of ground surface settlement is calculated directly by subset Monte-Carlo simulation. This approach is applied into the paralleling zone of four shield tunnels of the 5th and 6th metro lines linking to HuanhuWRd station, Tianjin China. Results prove that reliability index of considering geotechnical parameters as random variables is lower than the assumption of multivariate spatial random field, which would support substantially to construction control and design optimization in complex shallow-buried shield tunneling projects.
Various monitoring systems have been applied to warn regarding debris flow;however, the information regarding the selection sensors and determination of the installation area is deficient. The objective of this paper ...
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Various monitoring systems have been applied to warn regarding debris flow;however, the information regarding the selection sensors and determination of the installation area is deficient. The objective of this paper is to propose an appropriate monitoring system to prevent debris flow and a method for determining the installation location. A web-based database is used to find the applied frequency of sensors, and the sensors are grouped into eight parts with consideration of the performance, including rainfall, debris flow velocity, displacement, fluid pore pressure, ground vibration, image processing, impact force, and peak flow depth. Through the statistical technique, the rain gage and geophone sensors are revealed as hugely selected sensors among various systems to provide an alarm. The analytic hierarchical process (AHP) is also used to analyze experts' opinion through pairwise comparison with consideration of eight geotechnical parameters, including the fine content, void ratio, shear strength, elastic modulus, hydraulic conductivity, saturation, soil thickness, and water content. The weighting factors of every parameter are deduced through AHP and the installation area is chosen with calculated values using the weighting factor. The suggested analyses are helpful to select appropriate sensors and determine the installation location of a monitoring system.
This paper investigates the possibility of consistently identifying a site-specific geotechnical trend function t(z) in the presence of spatial variability epsilon(z), where z denotes depth. The trend function t(z) is...
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This paper investigates the possibility of consistently identifying a site-specific geotechnical trend function t(z) in the presence of spatial variability epsilon(z), where z denotes depth. The trend function t(z) is represented as the linear combination of prescribed basis functions (BFs), whereas epsilon(z) is modeled as a zero-mean stationary Gaussian stochastic process with unknown standard deviation and scale of fluctuation. It is found that t(z) can be unidentifiable if the single exponential (SExp) autocorrelation model is adopted for epsilon(z). Two mechanisms, overfit and poor fit, that cause unidentifiability are explored. The overfit happens when part of epsilon(z) is falsely fitted by the BFs, whereas the poor fit happens when part of t(z) is erroneously interpreted as spatial variability. Nonetheless, identifiability is also affected by the sounding depth (or data record length) and the number of (statistically independent) soundings. An important feature for the SExp autocorrelation model is that it produces rough realizations with local jitters. If an autocorrelation model that produces smooth realizations is adopted, the trend function can become identifiable. The reason the identifiability for t(z) is related to the smoothness of the realizations is explored. Finally, it is found that the sparse Bayesian learning framework can effectively alleviate overfit but cannot alleviate poor fit. (c) 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers.
The Longitudinal Deformation Profile (LDP) represents the tunnel wall displacements along the axis of the tunnel, which can be used to estimate support loads and final tunnel deformations. This paper presents the effe...
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The Longitudinal Deformation Profile (LDP) represents the tunnel wall displacements along the axis of the tunnel, which can be used to estimate support loads and final tunnel deformations. This paper presents the effects of groundwater flow on the radial and axial LDPs of deep circular tunnels in an elasto-plastic and homogeneous ground and the usage of a back-analysis method in order to estimate geotechnical parameters using LDP under groundwater flow. A deep tunnel was chosen to remove the surface effect of shallow one, so that the analysis was concentrated on the ground response by tunnel excavation. The elasto-plastic ground was considered to sufficiently reflect how the ground behave but it may vary depending on the failure criteria and the flow rule. A number of parametric studies have been conducted, which cover a wide range of tunnel and ground conditions, liner installation, unsupported ground length and drainage conditions at the tunnel wall (fully drained and partially drained cases). The seepage forces are developed in the fully drained case, resulting in the increase of effective stresses in the radial and axial directions. The pore pressure developed in the partially drained case squeezes the tunnel wall radially, not axially. The liner installation and the unsupported ground length also affect tunnel wall deformations. Results from the numerical simulations show that the groundwater flow at the tunnel wall influences deformations both radially and axially. For the application of these results, a back-analysis which uses a relative convergence curve determined from LDP is performed to estimate geotechnical properties. Several numerical studies have been conducted in order to test this back-analysis method. The results show that estimated parameters match well with the real parameters.
Due to various uncertainties, most of geotechnical parameters are small samples, which causes much trouble when the probability distribution of geotechnical parameter is fitted using traditional distributions. This pa...
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(纸本)9783038351658
Due to various uncertainties, most of geotechnical parameters are small samples, which causes much trouble when the probability distribution of geotechnical parameter is fitted using traditional distributions. This paper uses stochastic weighted method to improve the small samples of geotechnical parameters into big samples, thus solving the problems caused by the small samples. Meanwhile, the probability density function of geotechnical parameter is derived based on maximum entropy principle, the advantage of presented method is verified through Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test. Case study shows that the proposed method not only overcomes the dependence of conventional fitting methods on classical probability distributions, but also the fitting more close to the fact because the data come from the big sample improved by geotechnical parameters, which has important engineering significance.
Sandfill at reclaimed sites is usually formed by more than one placement method. Reclaimed sandfill is often highly variable, and the cone penetration test is most commonly used for site characterization. Correlations...
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Sandfill at reclaimed sites is usually formed by more than one placement method. Reclaimed sandfill is often highly variable, and the cone penetration test is most commonly used for site characterization. Correlations among the cone resistance and geotechnical parameters for sand are influenced by the in situ stress level, and it is important to incorporate the stress-level effect. In this study, cone penetration tests were performed at several levels from the top of a 10 m high surcharge, which was later removed step by step, and in situ density was determined layer by layer at the Changi East reclamation site in Singapore. Different ways of normalizing the cone resistance by the corresponding in situ stress were investigated. Specialized in situ tests including the self-boring pressuremeter test, the cone pressure meter test, the seismic cone penetration test, and the plate load test were conducted to provide the reference deformation characteristics of sandfill. Results of the in situ tests indicate that the sand density and the cone resistance profiles vary between areas formed by different sand placement methods. Site-specific correlations developed based on comparison of normalized cone resistance with the reference data obtained from laboratory tests and other in situ tests are found to be suitable for the evaluation of relevant soil parameters.
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