Project(51475478)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China;Project(2012AA041801)supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China;Project(2014FJ1002)supported by the Science and Technology Major Project of Hunan Province,China;Project(2013CB035401)supported by the National Basic Research Program of China。
The layout of the buckets for tunnel boring machine(TBM)directly affects the muck removal efficiency of cutterhead during excavation.In order to improve the muck removal performance for TBM,the optimal design of bucke...