Sains 
                  Malaysiana 46(11)(2017): 2241-2250
                http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2017-4611-26
                 
                Study 
                  on the Relation between Mineral Compositions of Rock and Construction 
                  Characteristics of Tunnel in Cold Regions: A Case
                (Kajian tentang Hubungan antara 
                  Komposisi Mineral Batuan dan Ciri Pembinaan Terowong di Kawasan 
                  Sejuk: Suatu Kes)
                
                 
                YANLIANG SHANG1,2, SHOUJI 
                  DU1*, HONGHONG GAO1 & TONGYIN HAN3
                 
                1Department of Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 
                  200240, China
                 
                2Key Laboratory of Roads and Railway Engineering, Safety Control of 
                  Ministry of Education, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang 
                  050043, China
                 
                3Party Committee, Langfang Teachers University, Langfang 065000, China
                 
                Received: 3 February 2017/Accepted: 22 May 2017
                 
                ABSTRACT
                Mineral composition of rock has a very important 
                  influence on the physical and mechanical properties of tunnel 
                  surrounding rock. Take Dangjianshan tunnel in cold regions for 
                  example, the rock specimens in different parts of tunnel were 
                  taken to carry out the detection test of mineral composition. 
                  By the detail qualitative and quantitative analysis, the relationship 
                  between mineral composition and surrounding rock engineering 
                  properties was explored. First of all, the composition and content 
                  of minerals contained in in the rock specimens were detected 
                  by X ray fluorescence spectrometer and X ray powder diffraction. 
                  The detection results show that rock of tunnel contains high 
                  hardness minerals such as quartz and feldspar which were proven 
                  by initial engineering geological investigation report, in addition, 
                  it also contains several kinds of low hardness minerals including 
                  inclined chlorite and illite which may exhibit large deformation 
                  characteristic of soft rock after the tunnel excavation in case 
                  of meeting water and weathering conditions. The total content 
                  of inclined chlorite and illite accounted for a considerable 
                  component in main tunnel, inclined shaft and parallel pilot 
                  respectively and the influence on surrounding rock engineering 
                  properties cannot be ignored. Therefore, mineral composition 
                  detection must be paid attention to after tunnel excavation. 
                  Secondly, the effects of mineral composition on surrounding 
                  rock were analyzed in aspects of rock strength, weathering resistance, 
                  water softening property and excavation deformation through 
                  comparing the rock samples in different parts of tunnel. The 
                  comparative results showed that when the mineral contents is 
                  high with high hardness and poor hydrophilicity, tunnel surrounding 
                  rock plays a better performance of physical and mechanical properties, 
                  vice versa. Finally, according to the specific geological and 
                  construction parameters of the tunnel, the correlation analysis 
                  was studied about the vault settlement after tunnel excavation 
                  and the hydrophilicity mineral content in main cave. The logarithmic 
                  relationship between them was found and the correlation coefficient 
                  was 0.98. It can provide a useful reference for the settlement 
                  prediction of Dangjinshan tunnel construction.
                 
                Keywords: Engineering properties; 
                  mineral composition; relation, surrounding rock; tunnel
                 
                 ABSTRAK
                Komposisi 
                  mineral batuan mempunyai pengaruh yang amat penting pada sifat 
                  fizikal dan mekanik batuan sekitar terowong. Mengambil terowong 
                  Dangjianshan di rantau sejuk sebagai contoh, spesimen batuan 
                  di bahagian berbeza dalam terowong telah diambil untuk menjalankan 
                  ujian pengesanan komposisi mineral. Berdasarkan analisis perincian 
                  kuantitatif dan kualitatif, sifat hubungan antara komposisi 
                  mineral dan sifat kejuruteraan batuan sekitar telah diterokai. 
                  Pertama sekali, komposisi dan kandungan mineral yang terkandung 
                  di dalam spesimen batu telah dikesan melalui spektrometer pendarfluor 
                  sinar X dan pembelauan serbuk sinar X. Keputusan pengesanan 
                  menunjukkan batu terowong mengandungi mineral berkepadatan tinggi 
                  seperti kuarza dan feldspar yang telah terbukti melalui laporan 
                  kajian geologi kejuruteraan awal. Di samping itu, ia juga mengandungi 
                  beberapa jenis mineral berkepadatan rendah termasuk cenderung 
                  klorit dan ilit yang boleh menyebabkan perubahan bentuk yang 
                  besar kepada ciri batuan lembut selepas penggalian terowong 
                  jika berlaku pertembungan keadaan air dan cuaca. Jumlah kandungan 
                  cenderung klorit dan ilit merupakan komponen besar dalam terowong 
                  utama, masing-masing cenderung penggerudian dan rintis selari 
                  serta pengaruh pada sifat kejuruteraan sekitar batuan tidak 
                  boleh diabaikan. Oleh itu, pengesanan komposisi mineral perlu 
                  diberi perhatian selepas penggalian terowong. Kedua, kesan komposisi 
                  mineral di sekitar batuan dianalisis dalam aspek kekuatan batu, 
                  rintangan cuaca, sifat pelembutan air dan canggaan penggalian 
                  dengan membandingkan sampel batuan di bahagian berbeza dalam 
                  terowong. Keputusan perbandingan menunjukkan apabila kandungan 
                  mineral tinggi dengan kepadatan dan rendah hidrofilisiti, batuan 
                  di sekitar terowong menunjukkan prestasi sifat fizikal dan mekanik 
                  yang lebih baik dan sebaliknya. Kesimpulannya, mengikut parameter 
                  khusus geologi dan pembinaan terowong, analisis korelasi telah 
                  dikaji untuk penempatan kubah selepas penggalian terowong dan 
                  kandungan mineral hidrofilisiti dalam gua utama. Hubungan logaritma 
                  antara mereka diperoleh dan pekali korelasi ialah 0.98. Ia mampu 
                  memberi rujukan yang berguna untuk ramalan penempatan pembinaan 
                  terowong di Dangjinshan. 
                 
                Kata kunci: Batuan sekitar, komposisi mineral; perhubungan; sifat 
                  kejuruteraan; terowong
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