Seismic performance and soil-structure interaction of shallow reinforced concrete tunnels
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Abstract
This study investigates the seismic response of a reinforced concrete (RC) tunnel using two-dimensional plane strain finite element models calibrated and validated against experimental results. A comprehensive parametric study is then conducted to explore the influence of tunnel-soil flexibility ratio, soil relative density, Arias intensity of the input motion, and ground motion components on the seismic soil-structure interaction (SSI). The results demonstrated that the flexibility ratio and racking coefficient increase with overburden height, while soil deformations decrease. Acceleration amplification factors rise from the bottom soil to the ground surface, with dense soil showing higher amplification especially in the regions at and near the tunnel field. The horizontal amplification factor exhibits greater variability with increasing seismic energy intensity, and the effect of the vertical motion becomes more pronounced near the structure. The vertical amplification factor is lowest for the horizontal component, while the vertical and combined components exhibit higher values influenced by the presence of the tunnel with lower earthquake intensity. Soil relative density significantly influences the vertical and lateral pressures on the tunnel, with dense sand causing maximum vertical pressures on the top slab and walls. The vertical earthquake component has a greater impact on the tunnel's top slab pressure distribution than the horizontal component. Seismic bending moments are influenced by earthquake components, with the vertical component leading to the greatest positive bending moment values in the middle section of the roof slab. Vertical soil deformation is significantly affected by the horizontal input motion component, whereas the vertical component minimally affects lateral soil deformation. These findings underscore the importance of capturing stress-strain response under cyclic loading, particularly near the tunnel crown, where complex stress interactions lead to increased variability in behavior. • Validated 2D FEM using experimental and calibrated numerical data for seismic SSI of concrete tunnels. • Showed H Af sensitivity to seismic energy, with vertical motions significantly impacting amplification near the structure. • Indicated V Af varies with earthquake intensity, peaking near the tunnel under low-intensity vertical motion. • Highlighted that the vertical earthquake component causes peak positive bending moments at the tunnel's top slab center. • Observed that vertical soil deformation is mainly influenced by horizontal input motion.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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