Seismic behaviour of tunnels with different soil types and depths

Effect of seismic wave towards the tunnel as underground structure could cause unforeseeable damages during earthquake event. The waves that transmitted through the soil medium would affect the behaviour of the tunnel depending on the soil properties. The scope of this study will focus on tunnel str...

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Main Author:	Ku Sulaiman, Ku Safirah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11224/6/SafirahSulaimanMFKA2010.pdf
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description	Effect of seismic wave towards the tunnel as underground structure could cause unforeseeable damages during earthquake event. The waves that transmitted through the soil medium would affect the behaviour of the tunnel depending on the soil properties. The scope of this study will focus on tunnel structures in Malaysia; namely the SMART Tunnel and RAPID Tunnel. The objective of this study is to investigate the performance of the said tunnels under seismic load with different soil layer types and depths. These tunnels were modelled using finite element method (FEM) under dynamic analysis approach. Time history analyses were performed with several peak ground acceleration values, ranging from 0.05g, 0.10g, 0.15g, 0.19g and 0.25g. From this study, it was revealed that different soil properties surrounding the tunnel would affect the seismic behaviour of underground tunnel significantly. Nevertheless, both tunnels are capable to resist the earthquake loading compared with the design capacity of the tunnels.
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author	Ku Sulaiman, Ku Safirah
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title	Seismic behaviour of tunnels with different soil types and depths
title_short	Seismic behaviour of tunnels with different soil types and depths
title_full	Seismic behaviour of tunnels with different soil types and depths
title_fullStr	Seismic behaviour of tunnels with different soil types and depths
title_full_unstemmed	Seismic behaviour of tunnels with different soil types and depths
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publishDate	2010
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spelling	my-utm-ep.112242017-09-28T03:25:42Z Seismic behaviour of tunnels with different soil types and depths 2010-04 Ku Sulaiman, Ku Safirah TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Effect of seismic wave towards the tunnel as underground structure could cause unforeseeable damages during earthquake event. The waves that transmitted through the soil medium would affect the behaviour of the tunnel depending on the soil properties. The scope of this study will focus on tunnel structures in Malaysia; namely the SMART Tunnel and RAPID Tunnel. The objective of this study is to investigate the performance of the said tunnels under seismic load with different soil layer types and depths. These tunnels were modelled using finite element method (FEM) under dynamic analysis approach. Time history analyses were performed with several peak ground acceleration values, ranging from 0.05g, 0.10g, 0.15g, 0.19g and 0.25g. From this study, it was revealed that different soil properties surrounding the tunnel would affect the seismic behaviour of underground tunnel significantly. Nevertheless, both tunnels are capable to resist the earthquake loading compared with the design capacity of the tunnels. 2010-04 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11224/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11224/6/SafirahSulaimanMFKA2010.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering Adme, Z.G.(2004). “Analysis of NATM Tunnel Responses Due To Earthquake Loading In Various Soils. ” Proceeding of the 2004 Earthquake Engineering Symposium for Young Researchers. Bardet, J.P, and Tobita T. User’s Manual for NERA:A Computer Program for Nonlinear Earthquake site Response Analyses of Layered Soil Deposits. Department of Civil Engineering. University of California Bilotta E., et. al,. (2007). “Pseudostatic and dynamic analyses of tunnels in transversal and longitudinal directions.” 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering El-Nahnas F.M., Motaal M.A.A and Khairy A.T.H.(2006) “ Engineering safety of tunnels during earthquakes.” Workshop on Safety in Safety in Tunnels and Underground Structures – Riyadh Hashash. Y.M.A, et. al.,.(2001). “Seismic design and analysis of underground structures.” Tunneling and Underground Space Technology 16. 247-293 Kramer, S. (1996). “Geotechnical earthquake engineering,” University of Washington, Prentice-Hall Ku Safirah (2008).Seismic vulnerability of SMART Tunnel. Bachelor Degree Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai. Liu H. and Song E.(2005). “Seismic response of large underground structures in liquefiable soils subjected to horizontal and vertical earthquake excitations”. Computers and Geotechnics, 32, No. 4, 223–244. Ni, S.D., Siddarthan R.V and Anderson J.G (1997). “ Characteristics of Nonlinear esponse of Deep Saturated Soil Deposits”. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol.87, No.2, 342-355. Pakbaz M. C. and Yareevand A. (2005). “2-D analysis of circular tunnel against earthquake loading”. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 20, No. 5, 411–417. Ramberg W., and Osgood W.R..(1943). “Description of stress-strain curves by three parameters”, Technical Note 902, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Washington, D.C. The Instituition of Structural Engineers et. al. (1989). Soil-structure interaction – The real behaviour of structures. London,The Instituition of Structural Engineers. Tuladhar, R. (2006). “Seismic behavior of concrete pile foundation embedded in cohesive soil”, Ph.D. Dissertation, Saitama University, Japan Wang, J.N.(1993). “ Seismic Design of Tunnels: A Simple State-of-the-Art Design Approach”, Monograph 7, Parsons, Brinkerhoff, Quade and Douglas Inc, New York. Wang, W. L., Wang, T. T., Su, J. J., Lin, C. H., Seng, C. R. and Huang, T. H.(2001). “Tunneling in Taiwan - Assessment of damage in mountain tunnels due to the Taiwan Chi-Chi Earthquake,” Journal of Tunneling and Underground Space Technology, Vol. 16, Elsevier Science Ltd., pp 133-150. Y.M.A. Hashash et. al., 2001. “ Seismic design and analysis of underground structures”. Tunneling and Underground Space Technology 16.pg 247-293.

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