Unlined Length Effect on the Tunnel Face Stability and Collapse Mechanisms in c-ϕ Soils: A Numerical Study with Advanced Mesh Adaptive Strategies
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Article Title | Unlined Length Effect on the Tunnel Face Stability and Collapse Mechanisms in c-ϕ Soils: A Numerical Study with Advanced Mesh Adaptive Strategies |
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ERA Journal ID | 3466 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Zheng, Xiangcou, Yang, Feng, Shiau, Jim, Lai, Fengwen and Dias, Daniel |
Journal Title | Computers and Geotechnics |
Journal Citation | 161 |
Article Number | 105576 |
Number of Pages | 11 |
Year | 2023 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0266-352X |
1873-7633 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2023.105576 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266352X23003336 |
Abstract | This paper presents a stability study on the collapse mechanisms of a plane-strain tunnel face in c-ϕ soils using the upper bound finite element method with rigid translatory moving elements (UBFELA-RTME) and nonlinear programming technique. Practical considerations are given to the unlined length influence behind the tunnel face. An advanced mesh adaptive updating strategy is adopted, aiming to improve the computational efficiency, the accuracy of upper-bound solutions, as well as the produced collapse mechanisms. The unlined length influence on the face stability and collapse mechanism of the tunnel face are determined with various combinations of tunnel depth ratios, soil friction angles, and dilatancy angles. Using the UBFELA-RTME with the Davis’s approach and a mesh adapting strategy, the non-associated plasticity flow rule can be well approximated. The developed technique was validated against different numerical methods, and it is concluded that the tunnel face stability can be improved by increasing soil friction and dilatancy angles, and yet weakens as the unlined length increases where a mesh-liked collapse zone gradually appears on the tunnel vault top. It gradually evolves to a global collapse failure till the ground surface. The findings contribute to a better understanding of the ground surface failure under the unlined support length influence in tunnel construction. |
Keywords | Tunnel face stability ; Collapse mechanism ; Upper bound limit analysis ; Mesh adaptive updating strategy ; Flow rule |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 400502. Civil geotechnical engineering |
Byline Affiliations | Central South University, China |
Durham University, United Kingdom | |
School of Engineering | |
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands | |
Grenoble Alpes University, France |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z161w/unlined-length-effect-on-the-tunnel-face-stability-and-collapse-mechanisms-in-c-soils-a-numerical-study-with-advanced-mesh-adaptive-strategies
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