SETTLEMENT DUE TO BOX PUSHING AT START

Box data
B 14.85
H 7.35
Area of box 109.15 sqm
Radius of eqv circle 5.89 m
D 11.79 m Diameter of tunnel (box) on equal area basis

Soil data
Earth Cushion 3.45 m
VL 1.0% Volume Loss (Considering Good practice in
1.0915 cum/m firm ground for open face box pushing)

Maximum settlement
Wmax = = VL.p.(D/2)^2/(2.5i)
Zo 7.125 Depth from ground surface to tunnel c/l
Zo/D (Zo/2R) 0.604
i/R 0.560 (for sandy-clay mixture)
i 3.301 m
Wmax = 132 mm

Settlement graph W= Wmax.exp(-x^2/2i^2)

Dist to c/l of box, x 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5 9
Settlement, W 132 131 126 119 110 99 88 75 63 52 42 33 25 19 14 10 7 5 3

DN SAS/1802/DMRC 40