Design Improvement of Cutting Part in Tunneling Shield

Abstract

The article presents a variant for improving the design of a working body of a tunneling shield, its cutting part to be more precise. The working body of the tunneling shield has been improved with the changes in the design of a rotor working surface. The theoretical studies aimed at determining the strength characteristics of the proposed rotor design have been carried out. The proposed rotor model has been visualized with the use of the T-Flex CAD software. On the basis of the results obtained in the course of the theoretical research, a comparative analysis of the strength characteristics of the main and improved model of the cutting working body of the tunneling shield have been made. The studies carried out at T-Flex CAD confirmed the working capacity of the improved design of the tunneling shield working body. The strength of the rotor has been determined as a result of the studies carried out. The maximum values of the displacement module is 2.875E-05 m, the equivalent stresses are 29.47 MPa, a reserve coefficient on equivalent stresses is 9.446E 06.