To investigate the calcium precipitation and change
characteristics of water environment during pore infiltration into the
shotcrete of tunnel primary support shotcrete, a test device is developed
considering the tunnel drainage path and pressurized infiltration. A
pressurized infiltration test is conducted on the shotcrete to determine the
distribution of acidity and alkalinity under water infiltration into the
surrounding rock. The change laws of the time course of the calcium ion
concentration and water quality parameters of the primary support are
determined and the results are verified by comparison with the literature to
validate the reliability of the device. The following conclusions are drawn
from the test results. (1) The developed test device comprises a watersealed
pressure chamber placed in the surrounding rock, a specimen chamber placed in
the shotcrete of the primary support, and a drain pipe as a return chamber. The
device can simulate calcium precipitation and changes of water environment of
the shotcrete of the primary support under 200kPa
pressurized infiltration. (2) Lower the pH of the shotcrete in the seepage
crosssection, leads to more severe calcium loss. The
loss of calcium by precipitation deteriorates the shotcrete unevenly. (3) The
primary support water under the action of shotcreting has high calciumion concentration (greater than 100 mg/L), high alkalinity (greater
than 3 000 mg/L), high pH (greater than 11.5), and high total dissolved solids
(greater than 8×10-6 mg/L); There are four stages in the development of the calcium ion
concentration and water quality parameters: a rapid rise in the first four
hours, shortterm stability during 4 to 18 h,
fluctuating decline in 18 to 68 h, and stability after 68 h. The change
characteristics of each stage are related to the start time of the experiment,
the quantity of infiltrated water, and the precipitation of calciumion crystals.
WANG Hejun
,
TANG Jiuke
,
LIU Yuyang
,
ZHANG Pengpeng
,
XI Longlong
. Development and Validation of Test Device to Detect
Calcium Precipitation and Water Environment Changes in Tunnel
Shotcrete Under Pressurized Infiltration[J]. Tunnel Construction, 2023
, 43(5)
: 779
-788
.
DOI: 10.3973/j.issn.2096-4498.2023.05.005