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23 Citations
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12 April 2019

A new pre-supporting technology named the freeze-sealing pipe roof (FSPR) method was adopted in the construction of Gongbei tunnel (Zhuhai, China), a critical part of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau bridge (HZMB) project. The method combined p...

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  • Open Access
37 Citations
8,010 Views
13 Pages

27 December 2016

In order to solve the water sealing problem of soil between pipes of long distance curved pipe-jacked technology, Freeze-Sealing Pipe Roof (FSPR) as an innovative pre-supporting method in tunnel engineering is being applied to the Gongbei Tunnel in t...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
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19 Pages

2 September 2022

The freeze-sealing pipe roof (FSPR) method was applied as an innovative construction technology to the Gongbei Tunnel of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge. A freezing scheme involving master freezing tubes, enhancing freezing tubes, and limiting free...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
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18 Pages

2 September 2022

The freeze-sealing pipe roof (FSPR) method has been applied to the Gongbei tunnel of the Hongkong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, which is the first application of this method in the world. The purpose of the ground-freezing method is soil waterproo...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,851 Views
20 Pages

15 September 2023

This article begins with the engineering geological conditions and freezing design scheme of the Gongbei Tunnel’s underground excavation section, then applies the mathematical model theory of the horizontal freezing-tunnel-formation freezing te...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,053 Views
19 Pages

Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Improved Design for Profiled Freezing-tube of FSPR

  • Yin Duan,
  • Chuanxin Rong,
  • Hua Cheng,
  • Haibing Cai,
  • Zongjin Wang and
  • Zhishu Yao

15 August 2020

The freeze-sealing pipe roof (FSPR) method, which combines the pipe roof method (PRM) with the artificial ground freezing (AGF) method, has been successfully utilized for the first time in the Gongbei Tunnel Project in China. During the construction...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,810 Views
15 Pages

15 November 2022

Taking the freeze-sealing pipe roof method (FSPR) adopted in the Gongbei Tunnel project as the background, this study develops a simplified calculation model by considering different soil freezing points, tube layout, and site conditions. The analyti...