• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.165-173
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• 1996

본 기술 자료에서는 수압 터널에서 침투 수압을 고려한 터널 주위 암반의 응력 상태에 대한 수치 해석 방법, 해석 결과의 이용에 대하여 실제 수압 터널의 예를 들어 소개한다. 수압 터널의 안전성은 터널 주위 암반의 안전성에 의해 좌우되며 암반의 안전성은 Mohr-Coulomb의 파괴론을 사용하여 암반의 응력에 대한 안전율을 산정하여 판단한다. 산정된 암반의 안전율과 실제 수압 터널의 거동을 비교하여 수치 해석의 적정성을 판단하며 수압 터널의 보강 방법을 제안한다.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.99-107
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• 2007

A method was suggested by You et al. (2000) to calculate safety factor of a tunnel based on numerical analysis with the shear strength reduction technique. In the method, the shotcrete is assumed to fail when its stress exceeds the allowable stress. The proposed method had been steadily developed by You et al. (2005) and Han et al. (2006). In this study, the previous routine was corrected so that tunnel construction sequences could be considered in calculating the safety factor of a tunnel. In addition, a proper way to model shotcrete is to be suggested by comparing with the previous studies.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Rock Mechanics Conference
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• 2001.03a
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• pp.97-108
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• 2001

절리가 발달한 암반의 거동평가를 위한 해석적 방법은 연속체 모델과 불연속체 모델을 사용하는 방법으로 대별할 수 있으며, 연속체 모델을 사용할 경우에는 유한요소법이나 유한차분법을 이용하는 방법이 주종을 이루고 있다. 불연속체 모델은 개별 블록들의 움직임을 일일이 계산하므로 매우 매력적인 방법이지만 현재의 지반조사 기술수준으로는 지반내의 절리발달사항을 정확히 파악하기가 매우 어려우며, 컴퓨터의 계산용량이 너무 과다해지는 단점이 있다. 따라서, 불연속면을 포함한 암반을 연속체로 가정한 편재절리 모델(ubiquitous joint model)을 이용한 연구가 요구된다. 한편, 터널의 경우는 사면의 경우와는 달리 파괴면의 형상을 사전에 가정하기 어렵기 때문에 한계평형법에 기초한 해석법 등을 적용하여 안전율을 구하기가 곤란하다. 이러한 이유에서 터널을 대상으로 한 수치해석은 안전율을 구하기보다는 안정성을 평가하는 데만 제한적으로 사용되어 왔다. 본 논문에서는 편재절리모델을 이용한 절리암반터널의 거동 평가기법과 수치해석에 의해 터널의 안전율을 구하는 방법을 제시하는 데에 그 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 터널의 안전율 구하는 방법을 강도감소기법에 근거하여 제시하였다.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.327-338
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• 2004

The purpose of this research is to establish a concept of the factor of safety of tunnels which is a quantitative estimate of the stability of tunnels. Based on this concept, a numerical technique which calculates the factor of safety of tunnels was developed. To obtain the safety factor of a tunnel, the strength reduction technique in which a series of analyses are repeated with reduced ground strength until the tunnel collapses were employed. With this technique, the failure plane, as well as the factor of safety, can be obtained without prescribing the trial failure plane. Analyses were conducted with FLA $C^{2D}$(ver3.3), a geotechnical analysis program which is based on the finite difference method. From the result, the location of plastic zones, the maximum convergence and the maximum stress generated in the support system were also analyzed. The result shows that factors of safety are higher for the 1st and 2nd rock classes, and lower for the lower rock classes. Furthermore, factor of safety is higher when $K_{0}$ =0.5 compared to at in case of $K_{0}$ =2.0. Through this research, it is found that the factor of safety defined in this research can be used as a good quantitative index representing the stability of tunnels. Also, close examination of the results can help adjustment of the quantity and location of additional supports.s.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.47-57
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• 2000

It is difficult to calculate factor of safety of a tunnel by applying any analytical method based upon limit equilibrium method since the shape of failure plane in tunnel analysis can not be easily assumed in advance. To cope with this shortcoming, a method is suggested to calculate safety factor of a tunnel by numerical analysis using strength reduction technique. A circular tunnel excavated in a homogeneous rock was selected as an example problem and factors of safety were calculated for no-supported, partly-supported, and completely-supported cases respectively. Meshes with 3 different sizes were examined for a sensitivity analysis. For the verification of the proposed method, a limit equilibrium analysis was conducted and compared with the numerical analysis. The proposed method herein can be used to calculate factor of safety of a tunnel regardless of tunnel shape or geological conditions, and thus can contribute for the improved design and stability assessment of tunnels.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.37-49
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• 2005

In a tunnel, failure of its supports can cause failure of the tunnel. Therefore it is important to estimate safety factor of the tunnel which the failure of its supports is taken into account. In previous studies, supports of tunnels were usually modelled as beam elements. The failure of the supports was decided by comparing the allowable stress and the calculated bending stresses inside the beam elements in estimating safety factor of the tunnel considering the failure of its supports. In this study, it is suggested how to model the supports properly. To this end, supports of a tunnel were modelled by both beam (elastic) elements and continuum (elasto-plastic) elements in two dimensional numerical analyses. Meanwhile, it was analyzed how rock mass class, coefficient of lateral pressure, shotcrete thickness, the existence of rock bolt, and excavation method had an effect on the safety factor of a tunnel.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.344-353
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• 2014

In this study, the behavior of rock pillar in the diverging area of road tunnel was assessed by using a three dimensional numerical analysis. Based on parameters affecting the behavior of rock pillar, different safety factors according to pillar width, depth and rock conditions were evaluated. It turned out that as the pillar width increases, the change curve of safety factors in accordance with depth and rock conditions shows more of the nonlinear behavior. By the assessment of the minimum safety factor, a safety factor chart on the behavior of rock pillar in the diverging area of road tunnel was suggested.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.115-131
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• 2011

Recently, considering the aspects of disaster prevention and environmental damage, the construction of a twin tunnel is increasing. When constructing a twin tunnel, the stresses are concentrated at the pillar so that stability of the tunnel is decreased. Since the previous studies on the behavior of a twin tunnel pillar are mainly restricted to the estimation of the tunnel behavior and the analysis of surface settlement, there is a limit to a quantitative stability estimation of the pillar. Therefore, it was quantitatively investigated how the pillar width of a twin tunnel affects its stability. To ensure this end, global tunnel safety factors obtained numerically using shear strength reduction technique, local safety factors of a pillar using the equation that Matsuda et al. suggested, and strength/stress ratios of the pillar were estimated and their results were analyzed for two sections with different rock covers. For a reasonable design of a twin tunnel pillar, it was turned out that strength/stress ratio, the local pillar safety factor, and global tunnel safety factor should be used interrelatedly rather than independently.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.91-104
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• 2008

In tunnels, safety factor concept has been suggested to estimate their stability quantitatively. It is merely limited in the framework of mechanical analysis. However safety factor concept has not been applied in hydro-mechanical coupled analyses due to their modelling complexity. Recently studies on this topic are being actively made. In this study, induced drainage modelling methods for hydro-mechanical coupled analyses are compared and analyzed to estimate safety factor of a subsea tunnel exactly. To this end, methods both controlling hydraulic characteristic of shotcrete and using a drainage well are considered. Sensitivity analysis were carried out on rock class, thickness of shotcrete, and hydraulic properties of rock mass. As the results of this study, it turned out that the induced drainage modelling using a drainage well would give more reliable results than that of controlling hydraulic characteristic of shotcrete in estimating tunnel stability in hydro-mechanical coupled analyses.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.355-363
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• 2006

In this study, it was analyzed how the pore pressure behind a subsea tunnel influences on the stability of the tunnel. The tunnel is located in the soft rock layer, and a soft sandy layer and weathered soil layer are located on the top of it. Coupled numerical analyses are performed for both drained and undrained condition with varying coefficients of lateral earth pressure. In the case of undrained conditions, the stability of the tunnel was analyzed with different thicknesses of shotcrete. On the other hand, a sensitivity analysis was performed with different hydraulic conductivities and porosities of the shotcrete for the drained conditions. The stability of a subsea tunnel was evaluated in terms of safety factor suggested by You et al.(2000, 2001, 2005) based on the shear strength reduction technique. In this paper, the safety factor of a tunnel was calculated under steady state flow condition during hydro-mechanical coupled analysis. As a result, it was found that the stability of a subsea tunnel could be rather increased by allowing a proper amount of groundwater inflow into a subsea tunnel.