A New Soil Conditioner for Highly Permeable Sandy Gravel Stratum in EPBs

Full-face water-rich gravel stratum is a large challenge during tunnel excavation with earth pressure balance shields (EPBs) because of accidents such as water spewing from the screw conveyor and ground collapse. Slurry and polymer have been used as conditioning agents to avoid such problems and thu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xin Lin, Xiong Zhou, Yuyou Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/5/2109