Unfavorable Geology and Mitigation Measures for Water Inrush Hazard during Subsea Tunnel Construction: A Global Review
Open Access
- 16 May 2022
- Vol. 14 (10), 1592
- https://doi.org/10.3390/w14101592
Abstract
Water inrush hazard seriously threatens construction safety of subsea tunnels in unfavorable geological areas. In recent years, a large number of subsea tunnels have been built worldwide, some of which have experienced many water inrush disasters, especially in Japan and Norway. In this paper, a systematic methodology is proposed to rigorously review the current literature about water inrush in subsea tunnels. Emphasis is placed on recorded causes and evolution processes of water inrush, as well as relevant mitigation measures. In particular, the geological conditions that generate such water inrush hazards are initially discussed by counting cases of tunnel water inrush in the past decades (43 cases of water inrush hazards in tunnels (including mountain tunnels)). The process of formation of failure modes of water inrush, and the corresponding research methods (including theoretical, numerical and experimental) are reviewed, and can be used to pave the ways for hazard prevention and future research. This is followed by a summary of the prevention methods and mitigation measures used in practice, and a short discussion of the achievements and limitations of each method. Then combined with the evolution characteristics of the failure area, the water inrush process of different modes is divided into three stages, with a proposed a grouting scheme for each stage. Finally, concluding remarks, current research gaps and future research directions on subsea tunnel water inrush are provided and discussed.Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51978066, 51879212, 41630639)
- Project Program of Key Laboratory of Urban Underground Engineering of Ministry of Education (TUL2020-01, SZJJ2019–23, 2020SF-428, 2021SF-513, 19JC027)
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