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This paper presents a proposed static test and numerical study on the mechanical properties of steel-shell–concrete-structure-immersed tunnel nodes, which is used to investigate the seismic performance and damage mechanism of steel-shell–concrete-structure-immersed tunnel nodes. The test is based on the immersed tube tunnel project in the deep China channel, and the nodes representing the outermost and innermost vertical walls of the immersed tube tunnel, i.e., L-shaped and T-shaped node specimens, were designed and fabricated at a scale of 1:5, and the specimens were mainly subjected to the combined effect of vertical axial compression and lateral displacement loads. The test results show that the L-shaped node will exhibit brittle damage characteristics with high lateral load carrying capacity and energy dissipation capacity during the ultimate load phase, while the T-shaped node exhibits bending damage with better ductility, so the outermost vertical wall should be locally reinforced to ensure the necessary ductility of the structure in the actual project. In addition, by comparing the numerical calculation and experimental results, it is found that there is good agreement in terms of load–displacement curves and crack distribution, which shows that the modeling method proposed in this paper can accurately simulate the mechanical properties of immersed tunnel nodes and can guide the section design of immersed tunnels with steel shell–concrete structures.

Precast pipe jacking construction technology has been widely applied in bridges engineering, however, the jacking technology in immersed tunnel is different from bridges, the former requires higher synchronization of pushing process and pushing performance of equipment. In particular, precast slide rail layout and selection of slide plate material will directly affect the effect of immersed tube tunnel. In this paper, based on the final pipe joint project of immersed tube tunnel in Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link, the research will not only carry out selection and parameter test of slide rail but also scale model test, which will further verify the engineering feasibility of the slide rail design scheme. The experimental result calculates the value range of friction coefficient of slide plate and points out the influence of machining deviation on slide rail, which provides strong support for parameters design and material selection.

Based on the urban utility tunnel project in Xiong’an New Area, to clarify the seismic behavior of the utility tunnel structure, the overall structure model of the four-cabin large-section utility tunnel and the quasi-static test of the joint specimens have been completed. The results show the following. (1) The hysteresis curve of the overall structure is relatively full, showing good ductility and energy consumption. The middle joint has better bending performance. The ductility of the side joint is worse than that of the middle one. (2) The skeleton curve of the joint specimen is divided into three stages: obvious cracking, yielding, and ultimate load. After the overall structure reaches the ultimate load, the load curve basically tends to be horizontal. (3) The stiffness degradation of the overall structure and the joint specimens continues to be uniform during the entire loading process. (4) The structural design of the fabricated utility tunnel can ensure the seismic behavior under normal condition.