Pipe Jacking: Technique - Factors - Applications - Advantages
Pipe Jacking: Technique - Factors - Applications - Advantages
Pipe Jacking: Technique - Factors - Applications - Advantages
Excavation
Pipe material Cutter-head
technique
Classification by pipe material
Classification by cutter-head
Classification by excavation techniques
Techniques of pipe jacking
Manual excavation technique
This is a pipe jacking technique that is used for relatively small pipe
lengths and in stable soils. This technique involves a jacking pipe that is
forced in the ground by means of hydraulic jack. The hydraulic jack sits
on a reinforced concrete foundation and is fixed on a concrete thrust
wall that provides reaction to the jack forces and safely distributes them
to the surrounding soil. As the jacking pipe is pushed into the ground
due to its hollow section soil fills its inner volume. After the pipe section
is fully in the ground, then the soil inside the pipe is removed manually
by hand tools. After removal of soil then another pipe section can be
added to the former through the same process.
Machine excavation technique
Slurry excavation is pipe jacking technique that can be used for both
stable and unstable soils. It requires digging pits also known as drive
shaft and reception shaft at the beginning and end of the pipeline
respectively. Soils stabilization of the pit sides is made depending upon
the soils conditions on site. The hydraulic jack is the placed in the drive
shaft and fixed firmly on the thrust wall. A tunneling or boring machine is
then lowered in the drive shaft and is pushed by the hydraulic jack. As
this boring machine is pushed it cuts the soil at its face and the soil
particles cut the machine are washed off by pressurized slurry and
sucked into slurry pipes by pumps and the so excavated materials are
transported in suspension to the separation plant which separates the
slurry and soil particles by sedimentation the slurry is reused again.
Factors to be considered before applying
pipe jacking
Ground conditions
Details of existing services and underground structures
Location of manholes and working areas
Lengths required
Diameters of pipeline
Economics
Applications of pipe jacking