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The 63rd Annual Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (September 20)

Development of ring fittings for shielded tunnel segments

正会員 ○田中 篤史
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大成ユーレック株式会社 伊田 篤史
岩崎 吉孝
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ジョイント工業株式会社 根本 健児

１．At first
Conventionally, many of the segments for shield tunnels are assembled by bolt connections. However,
in recent years, various fittings with smooth inner surfaces that can be assembled only by inserting
segments have been developed, and their achievements are increasing. It is expected that the number
of such joints will increase in the future from the viewpoint of omitting secondary lining and high-
speed construction, and against this background, the authors have developed screw bolt joints (ring
joints that combine screw bolts). In this paper, we report on the outline of screw bolt joints (SB
fittings) and the results of performance verification experiments during development.
２Overview of Fittings１) before insertion
Guide Plate
The SB fitting is a ring fitting that can be fastened only by Point
Body case Tapered surface
inserting a shield segment, and since it does not require a bolt box, Connections
the inner surface is smooth.
Structure of fittings: 1) Before insertion (see Fig. 1): Insert
the male threaded bolt into the main body case containing the female
threaded bolt and join it. The female threaded bolt is connected to Male side
the guide plate pressed by the elastic body and is in contact with Flexbody Female threaded thread bol
bolt
the tapered surface in the body case。 ２）Inserting

Mechanism of fittings: 2) during insertion; Female by insertion force of

male screw
The threaded bolt temporarily retracts and widens, which causes the male
threaded bolt to be inserted and mated. 3) after insertion; The threads of the
female screw and the male screw are engaged, and when a tensile force is
generated, a tensile force is transmitted to the female screw, which increases
the mating force by receiving the force that tightens the male thread bolt
from the tapered surface at the tip of the case. ３）After insertion
3. Performance Confirmation Experiment
For this SB fitting, we fabricated the equivalent of M24 (10.9) as the
design target value, and conducted an experiment to confirm its performance.
The contents of the experiment are S

図－1 Mechanism diagram of the fitting

The results of each experiment are shown below in a single-item tensile experiment of a B joint fitting, a ring fitting tensile experiment
using a concrete specimen, and a shear experiment of a female fitting and a male threaded bolt.
(1) Single-item tensile experiment
The purpose of the single-item tensile experiment is to confirm the tensile strength of SB fittings as a single product.

表－１ 単品引張実験結果
Do. The target is to have a bearing capacity (331.8 kN) equivalent to bolt M24 (10.9) for
Specimen Maximum load (kN)
the joint alone, and the results are shown in Table 1. For specimen No. 3, the tensile
axial centers of the male and female screw body cases are forcibly eccentric (e = 1.0 mm) No.1 439.8
(assuming a difference between the rings). As a result of the single-item tensile No.2 442.0
experiment, it was confirmed that the target tensile strength was sufficiently exceeded.
No.3（偏心） 434.3
In addition, the final destruction situation was all male thread bolt escapes.
Hitoshi Taira 438.7

Keywords: shield tunnel, segment, ring fitting, inner smoothing

Contact*1: 7-23-1 Nishi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0031 Taisei Urec Co., Ltd. TEL03-3493-4734
Contact*2: Joint Industry Co., Ltd., 4-18-17 Yotsugi, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 124-0011 TEL03-3691-2200

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（２）Ring Joint Tensile Experiment (Concrete Specimen)

The purpose of the ring joint tensile experiment is to confirm the tensile
performance on a concrete specimen that simulates an actual ring joint. SB
Fitting Bracket Concrete
The fixing method is an anchor rebar (D41 (SD345)-1 on the male side, D22
(SD345)-2 on the female side). The experimental method was to set a concrete
specimen with a girder height of 400 mm × a width of 940 mm, and performed with
a device as shown in Photo 1. Experimental Cases

There are two cases, one without a sealing material on the joint surface and the
other with (upper and lower two tiers of installation). Photo-1 Tensile experiment
The purpose of the case with a sealing material is to check the
status of ring joints
400
amount of opening due to the repulsive force of the sealing kj=140000(kN/m)
350
material.
Figure 2 shows a diagram of the relationship between tensile load 300

Tensile load(kN)
アンカー筋降伏荷重267kN
and aperture amount. In both cases, the final fracture was the
250
pulling out of the metal fittings after the surrender of the
設計荷重×1.5=201kN
anchor rebar, and the maximum load was 388 kN without the seal and 200

376 kN with the seal, which was sufficient tensile performance in 150 許容(設計)荷重134kN
both cases. As for the opening amount, the initial opening amount
100
due to the repulsive force of the sealing material was 1.8 mm.
From the relationship between the tensile load and the amount of 50 シール材なし
シール材あり
opening, it was confirmed that in both cases the tension spring
0
constant was approximately 140,000 (kN/m) from the initial opening 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
to the yield of the anchor muscle. 目開き量(mm)
図－2 Relationship between fitting tensile load and opening
(3) Joint fittings shearing experiment amount

The purpose of the joint fittings shear experiment is to confirm the shear strength and
performance of SB fittings. As for the method of the shearing experiment, the girder height of the
concrete specimen was 400 mm, and two male and female joints were performed by the self-reaction
force method (loading span 850 mm) as shown in Photo 2.
Figure 3 shows the relationship between shear load and displacement. The final form of
destruction is all
The bolt broke at the wheel, and the maximum load was 218 kN and 215 kN on the male side and
268 kN and 286 kN on the female side, which was sufficient shear strength. Both the male and
female fittings remained generally linear up to the short-term allowable load level, and the shear
spring constant obtained from the total displacement of the male joint average value + female
写真－２ せん断実験状況
joint average value was about 33,000 (kN/m).
4. Conclusion
250
We devised SB fittings as ring joints that meet the recent
ks=33000(kN/m)
requirements for the elimination of secondary lining and high-speed
200
construction, and their joint performance
Shear load(kN)

(equivalent to M24 (10.9)), a single-item tensile experiment, a

150 Design Loads×1.5＝
ring joint tensile experiment, and a shear experiment were 143kN
performed. As a result, the goal 許容(設計)せん断荷重95kN
100
It was confirmed that the load was satisfactory and had a MaleNo1
sufficient bearing capacity for the design load. We believe that MaleNo2
50 メスNo1
the numerical aperture amount and spring constant have also been
メスNo2
effective for design. Male average +
0 female average
Currently, we are studying manufacturing methods and cost
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
reductions for practical use, and we plan to make further 変位量(mm)
improvements. In addition, in order to expand the scope of 図－３ Shear load-
application of SB fittings, we are developing products other than displacement relationship
the M24 (10.9) equivalent.
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