The current global economy is facing tremendous
downward pressure due to the lasting impact of extreme weather, COVID19
pandemic, and regional wars. Boosting economic vitality and driving sustained
economic growth via technological innovation and industrial upgrading has
become a common choice for major global economies. Digital transformation and
intelligent construction are being vigorously developed in China. Some of the
advanced technologies in the fields of 5G communications, artificial
intelligence, and the Internet of Things have been gradually integrated into
the production and management. The overall goals and technical paths of
intelligent tunnel construction are presented and a series of intelligent construction
technologies used in shield/TBM and drillingandblasting methods are introduced. Combined with cuttingedge technologies, the main issues and development prospects
encountered in intelligent construction are discussed, thereby providing an
outlook. The main conclusions are presented as follows: (1) The upgrading of
tunnel construction from mechanization to intelligence is an inevitable trend.
(2) The intelligent construction of tunnels can be divided into two stages:
primary and advanced. Tunnel construction in the primary stage only realizes
intelligent equipment operations in individual scenarios and simple operations.
The advanced stage refers to the realization of the entire process of tunnel
construction, multiscenario, intelligent perception, decisionmaking, interconnection, and collaboration. (3) Intelligent
prefabricated production line + onsite intelligent
assembly + digital control will become the trend in tunnel construction. (4)
Intelligent construction will introduce new vitality into the tunnel industry
and promote industry upgrading.
GUO Weishe
,
HONG Kairong
,
GAO Pan
,
LI Fengyuan
,
LI Shu′ao
,
ZHAO Xu
. Status Quo and Prospects of Tunnel Intelligent Construction in China[J]. Tunnel Construction, 2023
, 43(4)
: 549
-562
.
DOI: 10.3973/j.issn.2096-4498.2023.04.002
