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Abstract
Galleries are commonly implemented to protect tunnel entrances from rockfall impacts. This study proposes a novel approach for the quantitative damage evaluation of galleries, leveraging a generalized Pressure-Impulse (P-I) diagram. The dynamic responses and damage evolution under the influence of different rockfall mass, velocity, shape, cushion density and thickness are analyzed. On this basis, a displacement-based damage index (D = u/ud) is formulated and correlated with the mean damage value ψ computed using the validated Concrete Damaged Plasticity (CDP) model. The damage was quantitatively categorized into four levels, with the primary independent control variables identified through dimensionless analysis. Using this method, the damage function and failure modes of the binaural integral galleries are derived. Finally, this method was validated by using single pressure galleries. The findings provide a robust framework for assessing rockfall impacts on galleries.
期刊介绍:
Engineering geology is defined in the statutes of the IAEG as the science devoted to the investigation, study and solution of engineering and environmental problems which may arise as the result of the interaction between geology and the works or activities of man, as well as of the prediction of and development of measures for the prevention or remediation of geological hazards. Engineering geology embraces:
• the applications/implications of the geomorphology, structural geology, and hydrogeological conditions of geological formations;
• the characterisation of the mineralogical, physico-geomechanical, chemical and hydraulic properties of all earth materials involved in construction, resource recovery and environmental change;
• the assessment of the mechanical and hydrological behaviour of soil and rock masses;
• the prediction of changes to the above properties with time;
• the determination of the parameters to be considered in the stability analysis of engineering works and earth masses.