A method to estimate the jacking force for pipe jacking in sandy soils

• Main Authors: Ji, Xinbo, Zhao, Wen, Ni, Pengpeng, Barla, Marco, Han, Jianyong, Jia, Pengjiao, Chen, Yang, Zhang, Chaozhe
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering; Pipe Jacking; Jacking Force
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151293
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Pipe jacking is a commonly used trenchless technology to install pipelines especially in congested urban areas or river crossings. However, the estimation of the jacking force is often heavily dependent on empirical calculations. The jacking force needs to be greater than the combined frictional res...