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4 Conclusions
A rational and consistent procedure, using a deformation-based approach, is
presented for seismic design of tunnels under vertically propagating shear waves.
The ovaling effect on circular tunnels and racking effect on rectangular tunnels
are found to be highly dependent on the relative stiffness between the tunnel
lining and the surrounding ground, making soil-structure interaction one o f the
most important factors in the seismic design and evaluation for tunnel structures.
When a tunnel structure is more flexible than the ground, the tunnel lining will
experience amplified ovalinglracking distortions in comparison to the shear
distortions of the ground in the free field. On the other hand, when a tunnel is
stiffer than the ground it tends to resist the ground deformations, resulting in
smaller lining distortions compared to those produced in the ground.
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Underground Structures, prepared for the Federal Highway Administration,
FHWAIRD-801195, 1981.
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Ground Tunnelling", Proceedings of the Rapid Excavation and Tunnelling
Conference, Chicago, IL., Vol. 1, 1972.
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Abstract
An analytical approach is presented for dealing with the seismic design and
analysis of both bored (circular) and cut-and-cover (rectangular) tunnels. This
approach considers the soil-structure interaction effect and focuses on the
ovaling~racking deformation aspect o f the tunnel structures. The procedure
presented for the bored tunnels is developed from a theory that is familiar to most
mininglunderground engineers (Peck et al., 1972). Simple and easy-to-use
seismic design charts are presented. The design charts are expressed primarily as
a function of relative stiffness between the structure and the ground. The results
are validated through a series o f finite element/difference soil-structure
interaction analyses.
For the cut-and-cover tunnels, the design solutions are derived from an
extensive study using dynamic finite-element soil-structure interaction analyses.
A wide range of structural, geotechnical, and ground motion parameters are
considered in this study. Specifically, five different types of cut-and-cover tunnel
geometry are studied, including one-barrel, one-over-one two-barrel, and one-by-
one twin-barrel configurations. T o quantify the effect of relative stiffness on
tunnel lining response, varying ground profiles and soil properties are used in the
parametric analyses. Based on the results of the parametric analyses, a
deformation-based design chart is developed for cut-and-cover tunnels.
1 Introduction
For underground structures such as tunnels, the seismic design approach differs
from that of the surface structures such as bridges and buildings. Surface
structures are not only directly subjected to the excitations of the ground. but also
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Wave Motion
Step I . Estimate the expected free-field ground strains caused by the vertically
propagating shear waves of the design earthquakes using the following formula:
It should be noted that the effective shear wave velocity o f the vertically
propagating shear wave, CS, , should be compatible with the level o f the shear
strain that may develop in the ground at the elevation of the tunnel under the
design earthquake shaking.
Step 2. By ignoring the stiffness of the tunnel, which is applicable for tunnels in
rock or stiffidense soils, the lining can be reasonably assumed to conform to the
surrounding ground with the presence of a cavity due to the excavation o f the
tunnel.
ADEQ *
2 YmaX (1- v,) D
where: v, = Poisson's ratio of the surrounding ground
D = diameter of the tunnel.
Step 3. If the structure is stiff relative to the surrounding soil, then the effects of
soil-structure interaction should be taken into consideration. T h e relative
stiffness of the lining is measured by the flexibility ratio, F, defined as follows
(Peck, et al., 1972):
The moment o f inertia o f the tunnel lining per unit width, , should be
determined based on the expected behavior of the selected lining under the
combined seismic and static loads, accounting for cracking and joints between
segments and between rings as appropriate.
Step 4. The diameter change, ADEQ, accounting for the soil-structure interaction
effects can then be estimated using the following equation:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Flexibility Ratio, F
The resulting bending moment induced maximum fiber strain, e m , and the axial
force (i.e.. thrust) induced strain, ET , in the lining can be derived as follows:
change and bending strain but significantly lower values of thrust-induced strain
than the no-slippage condition. Therefore, Equation 7 should not be used unless
a full-slippage mechanism is incorporated in the design. Instead, the no-slippage
condition should be assumed in deriving the thrust-induced strain as follows
(Wang, 1993):
ET = { k 2 [ E m / 2 ( 1 + v m ) l R 1 ~ ~ , J / ( E l t l ) (8)
where: k2 = 1 + { F[(1 - 2 v,) - ( l - 2vm)C] - - (1 - 2 + 2) /
{F[(3 - 2 v,) + (1 - 2 vm)C] + C[512 - 8 v, + 6 vm2]
+6-8vm} (9)
C = compressibility ratio
The seismically induced strains due to the ovaling effect need to be combined
with strains resulting from non-seismic loading, and then checked against the
allowable strain limits consistent with the performance goal established for the
design of the tunnel lining.
-
seismic racking deformation, As, can be derived by imposing the differential
deformation on the structure in a structural frame analysis.
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5
As
0
-V)
5 b-4
z8 100 -
m
5
n
0"
Racklng Deformation ot a
Box Structure
The procedure for determining As, taking into account the soil-structure
interaction effects, is presented below (Wang, 1993).
Step l . Estimate the free-field ground strains yma, (at the structure elevation)
caused by the vertically propagating shear waves of the design earthquakes, see
disccusion presented earlier. Determine Afree-field , the differential free-field
relative displacements corresponding to the top and the bottom elevations of the
rectangular structure by:
Afree-field = h ymax
where: h = height of the structure
S t e ~3. Determine the flexibility ratio, F,,,, of the proposed design of the
structure using the following equation:
Step 4. Based on the flexibility ratio obtained form Step 3 above, determine the
racking ratio, R,,,. for the structure using Figure 5 or the following expression:
The racking ratio is defined as the ratio of actual racking deformation of the
structure to the free-field racking deformation in the ground. The triangular
points in Figure 5 were data generated by performing a series of dynamic finite
element analyses on a number o f cases with varying soil and structural
properties, structural configurations, and ground motion characteristics. Five
different types of rectangular tunnel geometries are studied in the dynamic finite
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L
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W L W
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Rigid Base
Flexib~liryRatio, FREC
4 Conclusions
A rational and consistent procedure, using a deformation-based approach, is
presented for seismic design of tunnels under vertically propagating shear waves.
The ovaling effect on circular tunnels and racking effect on rectangular tunnels
are found to be highly dependent on the relative stiffness between the tunnel
lining and the surrounding ground, making soil-structure interaction one o f the
most important factors in the seismic design and evaluation for tunnel structures.
When a tunnel structure is more flexible than the ground, the tunnel lining will
experience amplified ovalinglracking distortions in comparison to the shear
distortions of the ground in the free field. On the other hand, when a tunnel is
stiffer than the ground it tends to resist the ground deformations, resulting in
smaller lining distortions compared to those produced in the ground.
References
[ l ] Owen, G . N., and Scholl, R. E., Earthquake Engineering of Large
Underground Structures, prepared for the Federal Highway Administration,
FHWAIRD-801195, 1981.
[2] Peck, R. B., Hendron, A. J., and Mohraz, B., "State of the Art of Soft
Ground Tunnelling", Proceedings of the Rapid Excavation and Tunnelling
Conference, Chicago, IL., Vol. 1, 1972.
[3] Schnabel, P. B., Lysmer J., and Seed, B. H., "SHAKE - A Computer
Program for Earthquake Response Analysis of Horizontally Layered Sites,"
EERC Report No. 72-12, Berkeley, Univ. of California, 1972.
[4] Wang, J., "Seismic Design of Tunnels - A Simple State-of-the-Art Design
Approach", William Barclay Parsons Fellowship, Parsons Brinckerhoff,
Monograph 7, 1993.