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TBM Cutter Head and Cutter Design
This chapter focuses on TBM rock breaking mechanism, TBM load calculation method, arrangement law of disc cutter, and cutter head structure and...
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Effects of Driving Parameters on TBM Dynamic Response and Cracking of the Disc Cutter Ring: A Case Study
Rock excavation by disc cutters is widely employed in tunnel boring machine (TBM). Rock-breaking impact load acted on disc cutters especially when...
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Cutter Management in TBM Construction
Highlights: This chapter firstly introduces the failure mode of TBM disc cutter from two aspects: normal wear and abnormal damage of disc cutter,...
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Numerical simulation of rock breaking by TBM disc cutter in soil-rock composite formations
During tunnel boring machine (TBM) construction, the rock breaking effect of the disc cutter in complex formations affects the progress and cost of...
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Performance Predictions of Hard Rock TBM in Subcritical Cutter Load Conditions
In mechanized tunneling, the ability to accurately predict the performance of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) is critical, because of its impacts on...
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Insights into the Effect of Water Content on Mudstone Fragmentation and Cutter Force during TBM Cutter Indentation via the Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method
In the Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) construction of soft rock tunnels, adverse geological conditions, such as water-rich and wet strata are often...
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Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Rock Breaking of TBM Disc Cutter Based on a Novel Platform with Rotational Cutting
Understanding the force state of disc cutters in advance is of great practical significance to predict the dynamic response during mechanical...
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Research on Spatial Kinematics and Cutting Load Characteristics of TBM Disc Cutters
Rock cutting by tunnel boring machine (TBM) disc cutters is usually simplified as an indentation-type or linear-cutting process. It is inconsistent...
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Rock Adaptability of TBM Variable Cross-section Cutter Ring Based on Finite Element Simulation
A cutter ring is a consumable tool used by a tunnel boring machine (TBM) to break rock, affecting the cost and time limit of tunnel engineering. In...
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Effect of confining pressure on peak penetration force of the TBM disc cutter
To evaluate the influence of confining pressure on the rock-breaking force required by the cutter and provide a new possible method for ground stress...
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Prediction of TBM Disc Cutter Wear and Penetration Rate in Tunneling Through Hard and Abrasive Rock Using Multi-layer Shallow Neural Network and Response Surface Methods
Tunnel boring machine (TBM) is a popular rock cutting machine for rapid construction of tunnels. This paper mainly dwells on the excess cutter wear...
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Experimental study on TBM cutter penetration damage process of highly abrasive hard rock pre-cut by high-pressure water jet
When highly abrasive hard rock strata are encountered during the TBM boring process, severe problems, such as low TBM boring efficiency and severe...
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Research on the Features of Synchronous Cutting of Granite by Abrasive Water Jet and Disc Cutter
When tunnel boring machines (TBMs) tunnel in extremely hard rock, it is difficult for the cutter to penetrate the rock, resulting in an excessive...
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TBM-cutter rock-breaking effect and mechanism considering different cutting sequences
For a tunnel boring machine (TBM), the cutter rock-breaking effect and mechanism are key components of the machine design and construction. Each...
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TBM Principle and Structure
This chapter focuses on the structural characteristics, basic configuration and working principle of the gripper TBM, the single-shield TBM and the...
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Prediction model for disc cutter wear during hard rock breaking based on plastic removal abrasiveness mechanism
In this study, the correlation between the uniform wear volume of the disc cutter and the normal load is established based on a principle of...
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Experimental Investigation on the Influence Factors on TBM Cutter Wear Based on Composite Abrasion Test
Disc cutter wear is a crucial problem that influences the working efficiency and security of hard rock tunnel-boring machines (TBMs). When tunneling...
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Study on the synergistic operation characteristics of disc cutter with the assistance of other rock-breaking methods
The development and application of rock-breaking technologies, such as laser, hydraulic and acoustic, have provided more possibilities for...
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Evaluation of TBM Cutter Wear in Naghadeh Water Conveyance Tunnel and Develo** a New Prediction Model
Replacing worn disc cutters in a tunnel boring machine (TBM) operation is a time-consuming and expensive process. This article presents the study of...
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Study of the cutter-rock interaction mechanism during TBM tunnelling in mudstone: insight from DEM simulations of rotatory cutting tests
The rock breaking mechanism plays a significant role in TBM (tunnel boring machine) performance prediction, which has not yet been understood...
