Research Article

Experimental Study on the Soil Conditioning Materials for EPB Shield Tunneling in Silty Sand

Table 2

Test levels and foaming parameters.

LevelConcentration of foam solution (A) (%)Air pressure (B) (MPa)Air flow (C) (L/min)Liquid pressure (D) (MPa)Liquid flow (E) (mL/min)

12.00.21.00.250
23.00.32.00.3100
34.00.43.00.4150
45.00.54.00.5200