Tunnel gasket M 385 44 type Lesotho

Example of a groove detail

28.4

33 37
33

Cross section Compound Groove Width at Bottom Groove Depth

315 mm EPDM 65 Shore 33 mm (+0,3 mm 0 mm)

10 mm (+0,2 mm -0 mm) 15 356,8 mm

10

1)

Groove Angle Groove Dimension

At full Compression the groove is used with 88,3%

References
Projects Pressure (bar) 4,0 1,0 3,45 3,0 1,75 Outer Tunnel- Width of ring Number of Dia. (mm) (mm) segments 9,090 8850 6500 5800 9200 1800 1500 1500 1300 1500 7+1 8+1 5+1 5+1 7+1 year Tunnel length (m) 1314 8100 7500 884 2259

Metro B Oullins Metro Tehran Metro Ahwaz Flamanville Wehrhahnlinie Dsseldorf Greater Cairo Metro Line 3 Paris Ligne 12
1)

2010 2009 2009 2009 2009

4,0

9150

1500

7+1

2008

7
8800 1800 1+5+1 2008
Deviations have effects on the capability! Tunnel gaskets

4200

3636

Date:12.01.2010

14.5

Aditional references
Projects Pressure (bar) 1,5 2,5 Outer Tunnel- Width of ring Number of Dia. (mm) (mm) segments 9400 6550 1500 1500 7+1 6+1 year Tunnel length (m) 1973 508

Metro Marseille Stadtbahn Kln Baulos Nord Tima 1 Project, Paris Metro Moskau Linie Strogino Metro Esfahan Metro Shiraz Randstad Rail Servicetunnel Silberwald Metro Toulouse, Los2

2006 2006

7480 3,0 6000

1400 1400

5+1 6+1

2005

1862 1350

2,0 2,0 3,0 4,0

6600 6600 6500 6000

1400 1400 1500 1200

6+1 5+1 7+1 6+1 2004 1500 2004

1,0

7480

1000 1400 1000 1400 1200 1000 2000

5+1

2002

4849

Metro Toulouse, Los4

1,0

7480

6+1

2002

3773

Ashgabat Metro Moscow A 86 Coffiroute, Paris Metro Ankara Pannerdensch Kanaal Detroit River Outfall Singapore C 706 Metro U5 Berlin Metro Izmir Tunnel de Caluire Metro Ligne Mtor Lesotho Highlands Water Project 4,0 1,6 2,0 3,5 2,5 3,0 3,0 3,5

6000 6000 11240

5+1 8+1 7+1 2001 2000 4700 4500

2,0 3,4

5758 9490 6909 6300 6450 6320 10700 8300 5100

1200 1800 1500 1500 1200 1200 2000 1600 1400

5+1 7+1 5+1 5+1 7+1 7+1 8+1 7+1 5+1

2002 2001 2000 1998 1997 1997 1993 1992 1992

2004 3244

3375 970 2750 6470 4150 19000

Tunnel gaskets

Date:12.01.2010

Load - deflection diagram of profile M 385 44 type "Lesotho"

F

Test without offset at RT length: 200 mm steel plates with endplates velocity of deflection: 50 mm/min.

groove bottom distance ( mm ) 29 50 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19

Load (kN/m)

tolerance +/- 10 %

45

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Deflection (mm)
Tunnel gaskets Date:03.07.2007

Evaluation of the groove dimension for profile M 385 44

Profiles with contact

and with full compression

Criteria: Groove width at bottom 33 mm, groove depth 10 mm, groove angle 15 Groove dimension: Cross section: Agroove = ( tan 15 10 + 33 ) 10 = 356,8 mm2 315 mm2

At full compression (gap 0 mm, distance groove bottom bottom 20 mm) the groove is used with: 315 356,8 100 = 88,3 % ( < 100 % )
100 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30

Eval. of groove dim. ( % )

distance groove bottom - bottom ( mm )

With this calculation also the tolerances of the concrete segment measurements and the profile measurements have been considered.

Tunnel gaskets

Date:24.01.2006

Tightness - diagram of profile M 385 44 type "Lesotho"

test in a T-joint test rig pressure: < 20 bar - 1 bar / 5 Min. > 20 bar - 2 bar / 5 Min.

29

28

27

26

25

groove bottom distance ( mm ) 24 23 22 21 20

60
without offset

Waterpressure ( bar ) 1)

with 10 mm offset

50

with 15 mm offset with 20 mm offset

40

30

20

10
5 bar test pressure Metro Bucarest

0 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

1) The tightness-values refer only to the groove-dimensions, as shown in the sketch!

gap ( mm )
Date:15.02.2008

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Relaxation of profile M 385 44

compression gap closure remaining gap mixture

:21 % :67 % :3 mm :EPDM

1 100

10

50

100 Time (years) 20 C

90 80

Residual stress ( % )

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1,00E+00

1,00E+01

1,00E+02

1,00E+03

1,00E+04

Time (month)

Tunnel gaskets

Date:26.05.1999