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http://dx.doi.org/10.7474/TUS.2012.22.3.205

A Study on the Stability of Twin Tunnels in Anisotropic Rocks Using Scaled Model Tests  

Kim, Jong-Woo (Dept. of Civil Engineering, Cheongju Univ.)
Kim, Myeong-Kyun (Dept. of Civil Engineering, Cheongju Univ.)
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Tunnel and Underground Space / v.22, no.3, 2012 , pp. 205-213 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, scaled model tests were performed to investigate the stability of twin tunnels constructed in anisotropic rocks with $30^{\circ}$ inclined bedding planes under the condition of lateral pressure ratio, 2. Five types of test models which had respectively different pillar widths and shapes of tunnel sections were experimented, where both crack initiating pressures and deformation behaviors around tunnels were investigated. The models with shallower pillar width showed shear failure of pillar according to the existing bedding planes and they were cracked under lower pressure than the models with thicker pillar width. In order to find the effect of tunnel sectional shape on stability, the models with four centered arch section, circular section and semi-circular arch section were experimented. As results of the comparison of the crack initiating pressures and the deformation behaviors around tunnels, the semi-circular arched tunnel model was the most unstable whereas the circular tunnel model was the most stable among them. Furthermore, the results of FLAC analysis were qualitatively coincident with the experimental results.
Keywords
Scaled model test; Anisotropic rocks; Twin tunnels; Stability; Deformation behavior;
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