Research Article

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

Table 9

Tunneling parameters of cutter head.

ModeEPB

Diameter6260 mm
Open ratio50%
Rated torque7206 kN m
Total thrust40000 kN
Soil pressure0.16–0.22 MPa
Advance speed30 mm/min
Rotating speed1 r/min