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
• 其他作者: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2021
• 主題: Engineering::Civil engineering; Pipe Jacking; Jacking Force
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151293

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...