A shear-wave seismic system using full-waveform inversion to look ahead of a tunnel-boring machine
2017
In the near surface with unconsolidated soils, shear-wave properties can often be characterised better
and with a higher resolution than compressional-wave properties. To enable imaging ahead of a
tunnel-boring machine, we developed a seismic prediction system with a few shear-wave vibrators
and horizontal receivers. The boring process is interrupted at regular intervals to carry out active
surveys. The vibrators are then pushed against the rock or soil in front of the cutting wheel of the
machine. The design of the vibrators is based on linear synchronous motor technology that can
generate very low frequencies, starting at 5 Hz. These vibrators generate a force in a direction perpendicular
to the tunnel axis. Horizontal receivers measure the particle velocity, mainly due to the
horizontally polarised shear waves. Because imaging with conventional migration methods suffers
from artefacts, caused by the incomplete aperture and inaccuracies in the assumed velocity model,
we use two-dimensional horizontally polarised shear full-waveform inversion to resolve the subsurface
shear properties. The classic cycle-skipping problem, which can make the application of fullwaveform
inversion cumbersome, is avoided by the capacity of the vibrators to generate low frequencies.
In this paper, we demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed seismic system through a
number of synthetic and field experiments.
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