Xiaoxu Tian, Zhanping Song, Yun Cheng, Junbao Wang
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Abstract
Mountain tunnel portals unavoidably traverse slopes, forming tunnel–slope systems. During the construction of these systems, engineering disasters such as slope deformation and sliding induced by tunnel excavation and collapse often occur. Using the Hanshankou tunnel as an engineering case, the deformation and force occurring during the entire construction process of the tunnel–slope system were monitored. The daily variation in tunnel vault settlement was 1.85 mm, and after 48 days, the cumulative settlement reached 84.1 mm. Tunnel–slope system disasters involve progressive instability failure processes, and deformation does not converge before a disaster can occur. Under the action of slope deformation, a deep buried side liner can experience extrusion deformation into the tunnel, and a shallow buried side can experience extrusion deformation outside the tunnel. During the tunnel design process, the tunnel–slope system should not be simply regarded as a conventional biased tunnel, and the influence of slope deformation on the bearing capacity of the liner should be considered. Finally, on the basis of the numerical analysis and monitoring results, the causes of slope sliding and the effectiveness of reinforcement measures were analyzed, and lessons to prevent similar events in the future were summarized.
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.