Development of a new empirical method for Tunnel Squeezing Classification (TSC)

Autor: Hadi Farhadian, Arash Nikvar-Hassani
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology. 53:655-660
ISSN: 2041-4803
1470-9236
DOI: 10.1144/qjegh2019-108
Popis: The characterization of squeezing phenomena as a geological hazard is of great importance because squeezing has a crucial role in the selection of the route and type of tunnels and in the characteristics of the excavation device. Tunnel squeezing is also the basis for the designation and construction of tunnelling-related structures. We present a new tunnel squeezing classification tool to predict tunnel squeezing based on two parameters: Q, the tunnelling quality index; and H, the depth of the tunnel. We used data collected from published papers to train the model; these data included 225 case histories from different countries, including Andorra, India, Iran, Japan, Nepal, Spain, Turkey and Venezuela. Validation of the model indicated that our tunnel squeezing classification tool is more accurate than the speculative and analytical methods currently in use. The proposed model will help tunnelling experts to classify tunnelling media from the point of view of squeezing hazards.
Databáze: OpenAIRE