US2442113A - Tunnelling and like subterranean operations - Google Patents

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US2442113A
US2442113A US686075A US68607546A US2442113A US 2442113 A US2442113 A US 2442113A US 686075 A US686075 A US 686075A US 68607546 A US68607546 A US 68607546A US 2442113 A US2442113 A US 2442113A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21D—SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS
    • E21D9/00—Tunnels or galleries, with or without linings; Methods or apparatus for making thereof; Layout of tunnels or galleries
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    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21C—MINING OR QUARRYING
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    • E21C37/04—Other methods or devices for dislodging with or without loading by devices with parts pressed mechanically against the wall of a borehole or a slit
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21D—SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS
    • E21D11/00—Lining tunnels, galleries or other underground cavities, e.g. large underground chambers; Linings therefor; Making such linings in situ, e.g. by assembling
    • E21D11/006—Lining anchored in the rock
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21D—SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS
    • E21D20/00—Setting anchoring-bolts
    • E21D20/02—Setting anchoring-bolts with provisions for grouting
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21D—SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS
    • E21D21/00—Anchoring-bolts for roof, floor in galleries or longwall working, or shaft-lining protection

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  • strain energy also referred to as elastic energy or latent energy of deformation
  • the strain is distributed very irregularly on account of various causes, such as hard inclusions or local relief by destructive tectonic forces.
  • Another cause is the existence of planes of weakness, e. g., bedding planes in sedimentary rocks and of joint planes, which occur in parallel sets in the latter and also in igneous rocks.
  • planes of weakness e. g., bedding planes in sedimentary rocks and of joint planes, which occur in parallel sets in the latter and also in igneous rocks.
  • Equilibrium in the crust of the earth means that, if an imaginary plane or other surface anywhere in the solid rock is considered, the forces acting on one side of that surface, of whatever kind, magnitude and direction they may be, are exactly balanced by equal and opposite forces acting on the other side of that surface.
  • the production of some cavity the forces acting on one side ofits surface are removed, and accordingly those on the other Side are no longer counterbalanced by equal and opposite forces; the unbalanced forces (stresses) produced by the latent strain energy are released and commence work as mentioned above.
  • the intensity of the effect produced is dependent on the quantity of strain energy stored up before the cavity is made and on the resilience or compressibility of the rock material.
  • the irregularity with which strain relief takes place on the formation of a cavity results in irregular breaking up of the strata.
  • the breaking up starts at the exposed surface of the cavity and works gradually outwards into the rock. This may be expressed otherwise by saying that working in virgin rock disturbs the stable equilibrium existing locally, and the disturbance so commenced spreads outwards and will only stop where a state of unstable equilibrium can be restored.
  • strain relief all around the cavity is not opposed at all by the lining and may continue outwards to an uncontrolled distance, whereas the main object of the lining is to resist the bulging inwards of the rock and to carry the load of the rock material broken up by strain relief.
  • the lining is in fact always put in too late to act as preventive means, since strain relief commences as soon as the surface is exposed. This explains why so many cases occur of the crushing of linings, leading tocontinued repairs and expense.
  • anchoring members or ties are inserted therefrom in a substantially radial direction to clamp a suitable thickness of rock, the ties engaging the rock by a wedging or like grip at both ends of the clamping portion ranged that the outer grip can be tightened up first and then the inner grip independently of 1 each other; otherwise it may not be possible to ensure the firm grip at both ends which is necessary for tying the material of the reinforced envelope together.
  • the grips must be tightened after the insertion of the anchoring member or tie. It may be possible in some cases to insert the ties with the gripping members already in place, but frequently it will only be possible to insert the grip furthest from the working place with the anchoring member. This would then be opened to the ripping position and thereafter the other gripping memher would be inserted and expanded readyfor tightening the whole anchoring member.
  • I Figure 1 is a cross-section of a tunnel during .construction
  • Figures 3 and 4 are perspective views of a reinforcement for the tunnel surface which can be used with the bolts of Figure 2.
  • the circle I represents what is ultimately to be thevbore of the finished tunnel (in the particular example acircular bore), and the space between that circle and the circle 2 represents the material of the enveloping zone which is maintained by means of the invention in its pre-stressed condition to v ensure the permanency of the tunnel.
  • the firststep in making the tunnel is to drive a pilot tunnel, heading or drift 3 spaced away from the ultimate bore I on all sides. From the to heading 3 holes 4, 4 are drilled in a more or less radial direction as far as the surface represented by the circle 2. Reinforcing bolts are placed in the holes 4, 4 and are tightened up to hold the rock between the circles I and 2 in compression.
  • Figure 2 shows a form of bolt suitable for carrying out the reinforcement described above. In essence it is a combination of two forms of anchor bolt disclosed in British patent specification No. 444,623.
  • the hole 4 is shown on a larger scale than in Figure 1, but it will be noted that between the portions shown of the circles I and 2 a cut has. been made in the figure. and that the pilot tunnel outline 3 is of! the lower end of the figure.
  • the outer end of the bolt has a tapered head I with an 'expansible shield 8 of four segments united by a flexible joint at the bottom for gripping the inside of the hole 4.
  • a solid part I on which the head 5 is formed the bolt is-in three parts, a solid part I on which the head 5 is formed, a tubular part 8 of the same cross-sectional area as the part I, and another solid part 8, the parts I, 8 and 8 being united by right-handed screw threads.
  • a washer In is interposed between the top end. of thetubular part 8 and the bottom end of the shield 6.
  • the lower end of the tubular part 8 has a slot ll cut across it to engage a key resembling a screwdriver, as will be describedlater.
  • An expansible shield I2 similar to the shield 8 sur- size as to permit the nut It to pass over it.
  • this tool may be the one used to push the assembly into the hole.
  • the key is turned to screw, the part 8 on to the part I and through the medium of the washer II to press the shield Ii up the slope of the head 5, thereby expanding the'shield 8 to grip the walls of the hole 4 as tightly as may be desired.
  • the part I is held withwincreasing force against rotation when the shields 6 commence to grip.
  • the part 8 has the f] t I5 screwed. on to it and the shield IQ, washer'fl and spring l4 assembled on it and held or located by any suitable temporary means.
  • the assembly is inserted in the hole 4 followed by a key with an end in the form of a box spanner to fit the squarejnd I6.
  • the key is turned to tighten up the 'whole as will now be explained.
  • the first effect of turning the key is to commence screwing the part 9 into the part 8.
  • the spring I4 is compressed a little and very soon presses the shield I2" into contact with the wallsv of the hole 4 due to the cohical nut I5.
  • periphery of the tunnel and along its length will 76 the nut I5 is held from rotation and is ,moved inwards by the further rotation of the part 9, since the nut has a left-handed thread.
  • the part 9 is screwed further into the part 8, and the part 8 may by the same action be screwed further on to.the part I if it was not previously tightened to the full extent.
  • the operation of screwing the key tightens the grips at both ends, unless, of course, the inner grip has already been fully tightened, and at the same time applies tension between the grips to clamp together the layer of rock between the surfaces l and 2.
  • each hole may be lined between the surfaces I and 2 with a thick-walled steel tube, or the reinforcing bolts may be grouted in with cement to fill the voids.
  • the rock inside the surface I can be removed.
  • the strain relief commencingat the surface 3 will have extended into the surrounding rock, but in all conditions likely to be met with it will not have reached .the surface I' before the reinforcing bolts are in place at the section considered.
  • the reinforced rock may in some cases be strong enough to act by itself as a lining for the tunnel. In other cases some form of lining may be required.
  • a lining of masonry, concrete or metal may be applied in the known manner, but the lining in this case is merely a protection and not a support as in the known manner of tunnel construction. It will thus be unecessary to remove so much rock around the lining as is required in present practice.
  • FIG. 3 and 4 A piece of channel iron I! acts as a washer and is held on the end of the bolt 9 by a nut l8, the bolt 9 being suitably extended for this purpose.
  • Corrugated strips of steel I9 are held by the channel l1 against the rock face and extend longitudinally from one hole 4 to the next or to a multiple of that distance, one strip l 9 being placed on each side of the bolt 9.
  • Other corrugated strips of steel 20 extend in the peripheral direction of the tunnel from one channel H, to the next, being supported on the ends of the channel I! projecting beyond the strips l9.
  • the protective shell of rock reinforced by clamping may in some cases be of such a nature as to prevent the infiltration of subterranean water. Where the seepage is not entirely prevented but only reduced, the water may be controlled by means of a drainage system extending through the shell.
  • the material of the reinforced zone may be desirable to endow the material of the reinforced zone with greater coherence by means of some binding material such as cement.
  • some binding material such as cement.
  • the tubular part 8 of the reinforcing bolt may be provided with small holes regularly distributed over its length.
  • the cement or other protective substance can then, be introduced under pressure into the tubular part 8 before the bolt part 9 with its shield 12 is inserted.
  • the cement or other hole 4 as well as any voids or cracks around the hole. It is advantageous to use expanding cement for this purpose, since the-pressure produced thereby on setting assists the maintenance of compression in the rock.
  • the method of making subterranean cavities in rock which comprises the steps of making a pilot cavity of smaller cross-section than the final cavity to be formed and located at approximately the centre thereof, drilling holes into the rock in directions radiating outwards from the said pilot cavity, inserting in said holes anchoring members to act in tension and having a wedging grip at both ends, the depth of each hole and the length of the anchoring member inserted therein being such that the anchoring member lies substantially in its entirety outside the surfacewhich is ultimately to be the boundary of the final cavity, tightening the grips at the ends of the anchoring members and tensioning the said members, and finally removing the material between the surface of the pilot cavity and the surface of the final cavity.
  • the method of making tunnels in rock which comprises the steps of making a pilot tunnel of smaller cross-section than the final tunnel to be formed and located at approximately the centre thereof, drilling holes into the rock' in directions radiating outwards from the said pilot tunnel, inserting in saidholes anchoring members to act in tension and having a wedging grip at both ends, the depth of each hole and the length of the anchoring member inserted therein being such that the anchoring member lies substantially in its entirety outside the surface.
  • the method of making subterranean cavities in rock which comprises the steps of making a pilot cavity of smaller cross-section than the final cavity to be formed and located at approximately the centre thereof, drilling holes into the rock in directions radiating outwards from the said pilot cavity, inserting in said holes anchoring members to act in tension and having a wedging grip at both ends, the depth of each hole and the length of the anchoring member inserted therein being such that the anchoring member lies substantially in its entirety outside the surface which is ultimately to be the boundary of the final cavity, tightening the grips at the ends of the anchoring members and tensioning the said members, and finally re- Nevertheless the reinforced rock may ing grip at both ends, the depth of moving the material between the surface of the and the surface of the final cavity,
  • pilot cavity some at least of the steps recited proceeding concurrently at different parts of the cavity.
  • the method of making tunnels in rock which comprises the steps of making a pilot tunnel of smaller cross-section than the final tunnel to be formed and located at approximately the centre thereof, drilling directions radiating outwards from the said pilot tunnel, inserting in said holes anchoring members to act in tension and having a wedging ip at both ends, the depth of the holes and the length of the anchoring members being such that the ends of said members towards the centre lie on a surface of circular cross-section touching at least in part the surface which is ultimately to be the boundary of the final tunnel, tightening the grips at the ends of the anchoring members and tensioning the said members, and finally removingthe material between the surface of the pilot tunnel and the surface of the final tunnel.
  • the method of making subterranean cavities in rock which comprises the steps of making a pilot cavity of smaller cross-section than the final cavity to be formed and located at approxiq mately the centre thereof, rock in directions radiatifig outwards from the said pilot cavity, inserting in said holes anchoring members to act in tension and having a wedgeach hole and the length of.
  • the anchoring member inserted therein being such that the anchoring member lies substantially in its entirety outside the surface which is ultimately to be the boundary of the final cavity, sealing theholes and any voids or cracks adjacent thereto by the injection of a seal ing medium while at least a part ofeach anchor-- ing member is in place in the respective hole, tightening the grips at the ends of the anchoring members and tensioning the said members and finally removing the material between the surface of the pilotcavity and the surface of the final cavity.
  • ties in rock which comprises the steps of making a pilot cavity of smaller crossvsection than the final cavity to be formed and located within the said final cavity, drilling holes into the rockin directions radiating outwards from the said pilot cavity, inserting in each hole a bolt portion and a tubular portion of an anchoring member united by a screw thread, said bolt portion being surrounded by a wedging element, screwing the tubular portion on to the bolt portion to erpand the wedging element into contact with the sides of the hole, screwing into the tubular portion of the anchoring member a second bolt portion thereof surrounded by a wedging element and carrying a conical nut by a screw thread of opposite handing to the threads by which the tubular portion is joined to the two bolt portions, the screwing of the second bolt portion being continued until the conical nut expands said last named wedging element into contact with the walls of the hole and the whole anchoring memher is tensioned, and finally removing the material between the surface of the pilot cavity and the surface of the final cavity.

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US2626023A (en) * 1948-12-24 1953-01-20 Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co Drill post
US2667037A (en) * 1949-08-24 1954-01-26 Edward M Thomas Suspension roof support
US2829502A (en) * 1953-12-17 1958-04-08 Joseph B Dempsey Mine roof bolt installation
US2849866A (en) * 1952-10-18 1958-09-02 Flygare Adolf Fredrik Roof-bolting
US2898761A (en) * 1954-01-20 1959-08-11 Hast Nils Bernhard Ascertaining stresses and deformations in solid loaded materials
US3139730A (en) * 1955-02-17 1964-07-07 Chester I Williams Rock anchor
US3227031A (en) * 1962-07-05 1966-01-04 Chester I Williams Rock bolt anchor assembly
US3336758A (en) * 1965-01-11 1967-08-22 Chester I Williams Rock bolt assembly and procedure for two-stage grouting operations
US3379016A (en) * 1965-01-11 1968-04-23 Chester I. Williams Rock bolt assembly and procedure for use in conjunction with blasting operations
US4084384A (en) * 1976-09-13 1978-04-18 Shosei Serata Advanced slot stress control method of underground excavation
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US2626023A (en) * 1948-12-24 1953-01-20 Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co Drill post
US2667037A (en) * 1949-08-24 1954-01-26 Edward M Thomas Suspension roof support
US2849866A (en) * 1952-10-18 1958-09-02 Flygare Adolf Fredrik Roof-bolting
US2829502A (en) * 1953-12-17 1958-04-08 Joseph B Dempsey Mine roof bolt installation
US2898761A (en) * 1954-01-20 1959-08-11 Hast Nils Bernhard Ascertaining stresses and deformations in solid loaded materials
US3139730A (en) * 1955-02-17 1964-07-07 Chester I Williams Rock anchor
US3227031A (en) * 1962-07-05 1966-01-04 Chester I Williams Rock bolt anchor assembly
US3336758A (en) * 1965-01-11 1967-08-22 Chester I Williams Rock bolt assembly and procedure for two-stage grouting operations
US3379016A (en) * 1965-01-11 1968-04-23 Chester I. Williams Rock bolt assembly and procedure for use in conjunction with blasting operations
US4084384A (en) * 1976-09-13 1978-04-18 Shosei Serata Advanced slot stress control method of underground excavation
US4369003A (en) * 1979-01-31 1983-01-18 Gebirgssicherung Gmbh Rock anchors
US10066483B2 (en) * 2013-07-30 2018-09-04 Dywidag-Systems International Pty Limited Friction bolt assembly

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