A Semi-Analytical Model and Parameter Analysis of a Collaborative Drainage Scheme for a Deeply Buried Tunnel and Parallel Adit in Water-Rich Ground

Abstract

For a railway or highway tunnel under high water pressure during operation, various factors such as the design of the drainage system, material aging, and pipeline blockage must be considered for the tunnels to work with the parallel adit to drain and control the external water pressure on the tunnel lining. A simplified steady-state seepage model in a semi-infinite multi-connected domain for the tunnel and parallel adit was established and was solved iteratively using the complex variable method and the Schwartz alternating method. After verifying the numerical simulation, parametric analysis, orthogonal tests, and multivariate nonlinear regression were also carried out. Results show that the simplified theoretical model and its semi-analytical algorithm have a fast convergence speed, and the obtained regression formula is simple, which is suitable for calculation and parameter analysis. A scheme that primarily relies on the parallel adit for drainage would make the external water pressure of the lining facing the parallel adit side less than that of the opposite side. Therefore, to reduce pressure uniformly and meet the requirements of surrounding rock stability, the horizontal net distance between the parallel adit and the tunnel should be no less than the tunnel diameter. Drainage volume of the parallel adit is linearly negatively correlated with tunnel water pressure on the lining and has the most significant effect on pressure reduction. The influence of the vertical distance between the parallel adit and the tunnel on water pressure is small.

Keywords

• deeply buried tunnel
• high water pressure
• parallel adit
• drainage scheme
• complex variable method
• Schwartz alternating method