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Evaluation of seismic mechanical response of tunnel linings using shaking table tests and numerical analyses

Journal

SOIL DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
Volume 147, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2021.106793

Keywords

Tunnel; Shaking table test; Bending moment; Seismic response; Surface foundation

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  1. Tehran Urban Research and Planning Center

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This study investigates the seismically induced circumferential forces and bending moment of tunnel linings through large shaking table tests and numerical analyses. It was found that low frequencies of input motions result in higher circumferential bending moment values for tunnel linings, and adjacent surface foundations intensify the bending moment and forces of shallow tunnels.
This paper investigates seismically induced circumferential forces and bending moment of tunnel linings using a series of large shaking table tests and numerical analyses. In this regard, a scaled-down tunnel, embedded in two different depths of sandy soil, was tested under different frequencies of input motion. Then, dynamic finite difference analyses, first verified using the results of the performed large scale shaking table tests, were conducted to study the effects of depth ratio (h/a; h: depth of tunnel centerline and a = radius of the tunnel), flexibility ratio (1.2, 10 and 110) and different frequencies of input motion, corresponding to the dimensionless periods (lambda/D), on the mechanical behavior of the tunnel lining. The results indicated that, low frequencies of input motions for the tunnel with low flexibility ratio resulted in greater circumferential bending moment values of the tunnel lining. Furthermore, the tunnel depth and adjacent surface foundation intensified the bending moment, shear, and axial forces of the shallow tunnel by about 43 and 17% and did not affect the maximum bending moment and forces locations in the tunnel lining. It is, therefore, necessary to consider the effect of a surface foundation on tunnel lining when constructing shallow subway tunnels in urban areas.

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