Pub Date : 2025-03-07DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2025.106529
Hong He , Wei-Chao Yang , Yi-Kang Liu , Lun Zhao , E Deng , Lu-Sen Luo
Water-rich cracks are a common type of damage in high-speed railway tunnels. When high-speed trains passing through tunnels, the dramatic changing in aerodynamic pressure repeatedly acts on water-rich cracks, potentially causing further crack expansion or even more severe structural damages. This study employs the dynamic overlapping grid method and the volume of fluid (VOF) model to establish a multiphase flow coupling model of air-train-tunnel-water-rich cracks, analyzing the spatiotemporal variation characteristics, influencing factors, and mechanisms within water-rich cracks when a high-speed train passes through a tunnel. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) The pressure changes inside the water-rich cracks exhibit a significant pressure amplification phenomenon. Compared to the tunnel wall, the increase in positive peak value (Cp,max) and negative peak value (Cp,min) of the aerodynamic pressure near the crack tip is as high as 22.91 % and 51.71 %. (2) The pressure variation trend along the length direction inside the water-rich crack has a distinct one-dimensional feature, while along the depth direction is significantly different. The pressure waves do not change with depth of the crack in water-free section, but the pressure fluctuation amplitude in the water-rich section increases with the depth. (3) The positive and negative pressure waves exert thrust and suction forces on the water body inside the water-rich crack, leading to fluctuation in air density near the crack tip, thus causing oscillation and amplification in the pressure. The water in the water-rich cracks exhibits increased motion amplitude and peak acceleration with greater depth, causing the pressure in water also intensifies. (4) Compared to those outside the crack at 300 km/h, the Cp,max near the water-rich crack tip increased by 6.69 %, 77.98 %, and 62.03 % when the train speed is 300 km/h, 350 km/h, and 400 km/h, and the Cp,min increased by 57.71 %, 111.25 %, and 161.73 %, respectively. The maximum pressure fluctuation amplitude occurring at a water content of 80 %. The results can provide theoretical basis for the healthy and high-quality operation of high-speed railway tunnels.
{"title":"The pressure field inside water-rich cracks of tunnel linings during high-speed train passing through tunnels using air–water two-phase flow simulation","authors":"Hong He , Wei-Chao Yang , Yi-Kang Liu , Lun Zhao , E Deng , Lu-Sen Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106529","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106529","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Water-rich cracks are a common type of damage in high-speed railway tunnels. When high-speed trains passing through tunnels, the dramatic changing in aerodynamic pressure repeatedly acts on water-rich cracks, potentially causing further crack expansion or even more severe structural damages. This study employs the dynamic overlapping grid method and the volume of fluid (VOF) model to establish a multiphase flow coupling model of air-train-tunnel-water-rich cracks, analyzing the spatiotemporal variation characteristics, influencing factors, and mechanisms within water-rich cracks when a high-speed train passes through a tunnel. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) The pressure changes inside the water-rich cracks exhibit a significant pressure amplification phenomenon. Compared to the tunnel wall, the increase in positive peak value (<em>C<sub>p</sub></em><sub>,max</sub>) and negative peak value (<em>C<sub>p</sub></em><sub>,min</sub>) of the aerodynamic pressure near the crack tip is as high as 22.91 % and 51.71 %. (2) The pressure variation trend along the length direction inside the water-rich crack has a distinct one-dimensional feature, while along the depth direction is significantly different. The pressure waves do not change with depth of the crack in water-free section, but the pressure fluctuation amplitude in the water-rich section increases with the depth. (3) The positive and negative pressure waves exert thrust and suction forces on the water body inside the water-rich crack, leading to fluctuation in air density near the crack tip, thus causing oscillation and amplification in the pressure. The water in the water-rich cracks exhibits increased motion amplitude and peak acceleration with greater depth, causing the pressure in water also intensifies. (4) Compared to those outside the crack at 300 km/h, the <em>C<sub>p,</sub></em><sub>max</sub> near the water-rich crack tip increased by 6.69 %, 77.98 %, and 62.03 % when the train speed is 300 km/h, 350 km/h, and 400 km/h, and the <em>C<sub>p,</sub></em><sub>min</sub> increased by 57.71 %, 111.25 %, and 161.73 %, respectively. The maximum pressure fluctuation amplitude occurring at a water content of 80 %. The results can provide theoretical basis for the healthy and high-quality operation of high-speed railway tunnels.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49414,"journal":{"name":"Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 106529"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143563114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-03-07DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2025.106544
Yongyan Wang , Guobing Zhou , Jun Liu , Fuqiang Wang , Guogang Qiao , Wenhou Xiao
Energy tunnel is a tunnel that uses the positioned absorber pipes to collect heat outside or inside the tunnel. Heating power energy tunnel collects the heat emitted by the heating pipelines installed in the heating power tunnel. During the heat extraction process, the variation of tunnel air temperature may affect the heat transfer performance and bring about thermal stress of the tunnel lining. In this paper, a heating power energy tunnel with the similarity ratio of 1:5 is constructed using the shield-driven method in Beijing, and experiments are performed under different initial air temperatures in the tunnel, fluid temperatures at the inlet and fluid velocities in an intermittent operation mode. The results show that the heat flux extracted (q) ascends with increasing the tunnel initial air temperature. when the initial air temperature changed from 40 to 60 °C, the heat flux q increases by 33.3 % after 120 min operation. The thermal stress of the segment lining (σt) exhibits logarithmic growth with the increment of tunnel initial air temperature. Both q and σt show a negatively linear relationship with the inlet fluid temperature of the absorber pipe. q and σt also increase logarithmically with fluid velocity in the absorber pipe. Sensitivity analysis indicates that, among the three operation parameters, the variation of tunnel initial air temperature has the highest impact on q and σt. The results also indicate that the segment lining of the heating power energy tunnel is in safety while achieving the maximum heat flux under present test conditions. These findings are of great significance in guiding the design of energy utilization systems and tunnel linings for internal heat source energy tunnels.
{"title":"Experimental investigation on heat transfer performance and thermal stress of segment lining in a heating power energy tunnel","authors":"Yongyan Wang , Guobing Zhou , Jun Liu , Fuqiang Wang , Guogang Qiao , Wenhou Xiao","doi":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106544","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106544","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Energy tunnel is a tunnel that uses the positioned absorber pipes to collect heat outside or inside the tunnel. Heating power energy tunnel collects the heat emitted by the heating pipelines installed in the heating power tunnel. During the heat extraction process, the variation of tunnel air temperature may affect the heat transfer performance and bring about thermal stress of the tunnel lining. In this paper, a heating power energy tunnel with the similarity ratio of 1:5 is constructed using the shield-driven method in Beijing, and experiments are performed under different initial air temperatures in the tunnel, fluid temperatures at the inlet and fluid velocities in an intermittent operation mode. The results show that the heat flux extracted (<em>q</em>) ascends with increasing the tunnel initial air temperature. when the initial air temperature changed from 40 to 60 °C, the heat flux <em>q</em> increases by 33.3 % after 120 min operation. The thermal stress of the segment lining (<em>σ</em><sub>t</sub>) exhibits logarithmic growth with the increment of tunnel initial air temperature. Both <em>q</em> and <em>σ</em><sub>t</sub> show a negatively linear relationship with the inlet fluid temperature of the absorber pipe. <em>q</em> and <em>σ</em><sub>t</sub> also increase logarithmically with fluid velocity in the absorber pipe. Sensitivity analysis indicates that, among the three operation parameters, the variation of tunnel initial air temperature has the highest impact on <em>q</em> and <em>σ</em><sub>t</sub>. The results also indicate that the segment lining of the heating power energy tunnel is in safety while achieving the maximum heat flux under present test conditions. These findings are of great significance in guiding the design of energy utilization systems and tunnel linings for internal heat source energy tunnels.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49414,"journal":{"name":"Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 106544"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143563113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-03-06DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2025.106551
Shi Qiu , Chunzhong Xiao , Jin Wang , Weidong Wang , Chengbo Ai , Yangming Luo , Xiao Wei
The quantification and assessment of the surface flatness of the initial tunnel support play a crucial role in the quality acceptance process. Currently, the traditional measurement method predominantly relies on manual inspection, which is time-consuming and susceptible to errors. This study proposes an automated measurement and evaluation method for assessing the flatness of the initial support surface, utilizing terrestrial laser scanning technology. An innovative approach is introduced through the offset elevation datum expressed by a surface function. Furthermore, to address the limitations of the existing standard system’s evaluation indicators for initial support surface flatness, five three-dimensional indicators are proposed, focusing on undulation amplitude and uniformity. Field tests are conducted, and the results of the evaluation indicators are presented in the form of color cloud diagrams. The deviation values are calculated by measuring the coordinates of the control points along the tunnel vault axis using a total station, yielding an average error rate of 3.55%. This result verifies the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed method.
{"title":"Automated flatness quantization and assessment for tunnel initial support based on terrestrial laser scanning","authors":"Shi Qiu , Chunzhong Xiao , Jin Wang , Weidong Wang , Chengbo Ai , Yangming Luo , Xiao Wei","doi":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106551","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106551","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The quantification and assessment of the surface flatness of the initial tunnel support play a crucial role in the quality acceptance process. Currently, the traditional measurement method predominantly relies on manual inspection, which is time-consuming and susceptible to errors. This study proposes an automated measurement and evaluation method for assessing the flatness of the initial support surface, utilizing terrestrial laser scanning technology. An innovative approach is introduced through the offset elevation datum expressed by a surface function. Furthermore, to address the limitations of the existing standard system’s evaluation indicators for initial support surface flatness, five three-dimensional indicators are proposed, focusing on undulation amplitude and uniformity. Field tests are conducted, and the results of the evaluation indicators are presented in the form of color cloud diagrams. The deviation values are calculated by measuring the coordinates of the control points along the tunnel vault axis using a total station, yielding an average error rate of 3.55%. This result verifies the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed method.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49414,"journal":{"name":"Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 106551"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143563111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-03-06DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2025.106540
Zhou Shi , Xiongyao Xie , Kun Zeng , Xiangbo Bu , Hongbo Zeng
The shield tail is the final part of the shield shell, and each segment assembled in the shield machine will leave from the shield shell by detaching from shield tail. There are three spatial relationships between the shield shell and the segments: completely at the shield shell, detaching from the shield tail, and completely detached from the shield tail. The squeezing action of the shield shell deflection often leads to the floating and dislocation of the segments and even damage cracking. Based on a refined 3D numerical calculation model considering the multi-source load coupling action and the multi-sensors field tests, this study reveals the mechanical and deformation characteristics as well as the damage evolution mechanism of segments under the deflection squeezing of the shield shell. The research results indicate that the adjacent dislocation of the segments mainly occurs during the segment detaching from the shield tail, and the internal dislocation in the first segment after the shield tail is the largest. The increase in the deflection angle of the shield shell will lead to a more significant increase in the overall vertical compression deformation of the segment. Resulting in the maximum increase in internal dislocation and bolt stress on the upper side of the first segment behind the shield tail. In addition, the adjacent and inter dislocation caused by shield shell deflection is the main cause of segment damage and cracking. The segment damage is mainly tensile damage at the positions of the two sides and upper circumferential joints. The increase in the deflection angle has the greatest impact on the overall tensile damage of the segment that is detaching from the shield tail. Controlling the vertical displacement of the rear end of the shield shell within 50 mm can reduce the floating displacement of the segment by about 67 %. The segment assembly flatness will be significantly improved.
{"title":"Study on mechanical and damage characteristics of segment lining under the squeezing action of shield shell","authors":"Zhou Shi , Xiongyao Xie , Kun Zeng , Xiangbo Bu , Hongbo Zeng","doi":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106540","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106540","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The shield tail is the final part of the shield shell, and each segment assembled in the shield machine will leave from the shield shell by detaching from shield tail. There are three spatial relationships between the shield shell and the segments: completely at the shield shell, detaching from the shield tail, and completely detached from the shield tail. The squeezing action of the shield shell deflection often leads to the floating and dislocation of the segments and even damage cracking. Based on a refined 3D numerical calculation model considering the multi-source load coupling action and the multi-sensors field tests, this study reveals the mechanical and deformation characteristics as well as the damage evolution mechanism of segments under the deflection squeezing of the shield shell. The research results indicate that the adjacent dislocation of the segments mainly occurs during the segment detaching from the shield tail, and the internal dislocation in the first segment after the shield tail is the largest. The increase in the deflection angle of the shield shell will lead to a more significant increase in the overall vertical compression deformation of the segment. Resulting in the maximum increase in internal dislocation and bolt stress on the upper side of the first segment behind the shield tail. In addition, the adjacent and inter dislocation caused by shield shell deflection is the main cause of segment damage and cracking. The segment damage is mainly tensile damage at the positions of the two sides and upper circumferential joints. The increase in the deflection angle has the greatest impact on the overall tensile damage of the segment that is detaching from the shield tail. Controlling the vertical displacement of the rear end of the shield shell within 50 mm can reduce the floating displacement of the segment by about 67 %. The segment assembly flatness will be significantly improved.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49414,"journal":{"name":"Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 106540"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143549333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-03-06DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2025.106536
Minghui Yang , Muyuan Song , Yanwei Guo , Zhuoyang Lyv , Wei Chen , Gaozhan Yao
Numerous advanced deep learning models have been applied to forecast shield tunneling-induced ground settlement to mitigate the adverse impacts of excavation on surface infrastructures. However, most existing studies neglect the spatiotemporal correlations in raw settlement data. This study proposes data-driven LSTM model enhanced by multi-head self-attention (MHSA) mechanisms, which proficiently capture spatiotemporal features and extract vital information from the data. Two different datasets were employed in this study. In Case A, the optimal model architecture was identified, and the performance of MHSA-Bi-LSTM model were compared with SA-Bi-LSTM, Bi-LSTM, GRU, and RF models. Overall, MHSA-Bi-LSTM model exhibited superior performances with the average MSE, and MAE, MAPE values of 0.089 mm, 0.227 mm, 8.02 % in Case A and showcased remarkable generalization in Case B without architecture modifications, achieving the corresponding metrics of 0.213 mm, 0.426 mm, and 16.72 %. Ablation studies revealed that adjacent MHSA layers possessed interdependencies and significantly influenced predictive accuracy. Moreover, the utilization of dropout and sliding window techniques is essential for precise time-series ground settlement prediction.
{"title":"Prediction of shield tunneling-induced ground settlement using LSTM architecture enhanced by multi-head self-attention mechanism","authors":"Minghui Yang , Muyuan Song , Yanwei Guo , Zhuoyang Lyv , Wei Chen , Gaozhan Yao","doi":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106536","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106536","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Numerous advanced deep learning models have been applied to forecast shield tunneling-induced ground settlement to mitigate the adverse impacts of excavation on surface infrastructures. However, most existing studies neglect the spatiotemporal correlations in raw settlement data. This study proposes data-driven LSTM model enhanced by multi-head self-attention (MHSA) mechanisms, which proficiently capture spatiotemporal features and extract vital information from the data. Two different datasets were employed in this study. In Case A, the optimal model architecture was identified, and the performance of MHSA-Bi-LSTM model were compared with SA-Bi-LSTM, Bi-LSTM, GRU, and RF models. Overall, MHSA-Bi-LSTM model exhibited superior performances with the average MSE, and MAE, MAPE values of 0.089 mm, 0.227 mm, 8.02 % in Case A and showcased remarkable generalization in Case B without architecture modifications, achieving the corresponding metrics of 0.213 mm, 0.426 mm, and 16.72 %. Ablation studies revealed that adjacent MHSA layers possessed interdependencies and significantly influenced predictive accuracy. Moreover, the utilization of dropout and sliding window techniques is essential for precise time-series ground settlement prediction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49414,"journal":{"name":"Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 106536"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143549334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
<div><div>Underground infrastructure, designed to last for decades, play a vital role in urban life. Its maintenance and upkeep have significant societal values and contribute to sustainability. Simulation and modelling along with digitisation and virtualisation as key technologies in the context of Industry 4.0 have fundamentally transformed delivery of engineering projects. With climate change pose pressing challenges on the physical environment of human dwelling, infrastructure resilience has been strategised as a sustainable development goal. Inception of Industry 5.0 has been formulated surrounding this need incentivising to build and maintain with sustainability, resilience and human-centric as core values. Digital twin (DT) paradigm facilitated by a series of cross-disciplinary technologies has emerged to play a role toward these targets. Along with data management and artificial intelligence (AI), DTs present transforming potentials from a technology-focus approach to a value-focus approach. This paper conducts a systematic review on generation and applications of DTs for underground infrastructure maintenance, highlighting the multi-physics, multi-scale, and interdisciplinary characteristics of underground infrastructure. After examining challenges and opportunities for underground infrastructure, and thoroughly reviewing the existing definitions and maturity levels of DT in <span><span>Section 1</span></span>, a DT framework for maintenance is established under the “Descriptive-Reflective-Predictive-Prescriptive” maturity model featuring progressive function requirements, forming <span><span>2 Descriptive twin</span></span>, <span><span>2.1 BIM multi-system modelling</span></span>, <span><span>2.1.1 BIM for underground infrastructure</span></span>, <span><span>2.1.2 Geo- and structural model</span></span>, <span><span>2.2 Functions and interoperability of digitalisation</span></span>, <span><span>2.3 BIM for maintenance</span></span>, <span><span>3 Reflective twin</span></span>, <span><span>3.1 Sensing technologies</span></span>, <span><span>3.2 Data-driven interpretation</span></span>, <span><span>3.3 Data fusion and augmentation</span></span>, <span><span>3.4 Interoperability and semantics</span></span>, <span><span>4 Predictive twin</span></span>, <span><span>4.1 Deterioration modelling</span></span>, <span><span>4.1.1 Physics-based methods</span></span>, <span><span>4.1.2 Machine learning methods</span></span>, <span><span>4.2 Multi-physics simulation</span></span>, <span><span>4.2.1 Interoperability and computational scalability</span></span>, <span><span>4.2.2 Case studies</span></span>, <span><span>4.3 Towards interpretable and reliable predictive twin</span></span>, <span><span>5 Prescriptive twin</span></span> of the paper. <span><span>Section 2</span></span> focuses on reviewing information modelling techniques for creating a descriptive twin, essentially answering the question of “what is it”. <span><span>Section 3</span></sp
{"title":"Transforming the maintenance of underground infrastructure through Digital Twins: State of the art and outlook","authors":"Huamei Zhu , Mengqi Huang , Pengxuan Ji , Feng Xiao , Qian-Bing Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106508","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106508","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Underground infrastructure, designed to last for decades, play a vital role in urban life. Its maintenance and upkeep have significant societal values and contribute to sustainability. Simulation and modelling along with digitisation and virtualisation as key technologies in the context of Industry 4.0 have fundamentally transformed delivery of engineering projects. With climate change pose pressing challenges on the physical environment of human dwelling, infrastructure resilience has been strategised as a sustainable development goal. Inception of Industry 5.0 has been formulated surrounding this need incentivising to build and maintain with sustainability, resilience and human-centric as core values. Digital twin (DT) paradigm facilitated by a series of cross-disciplinary technologies has emerged to play a role toward these targets. Along with data management and artificial intelligence (AI), DTs present transforming potentials from a technology-focus approach to a value-focus approach. This paper conducts a systematic review on generation and applications of DTs for underground infrastructure maintenance, highlighting the multi-physics, multi-scale, and interdisciplinary characteristics of underground infrastructure. After examining challenges and opportunities for underground infrastructure, and thoroughly reviewing the existing definitions and maturity levels of DT in <span><span>Section 1</span></span>, a DT framework for maintenance is established under the “Descriptive-Reflective-Predictive-Prescriptive” maturity model featuring progressive function requirements, forming <span><span>2 Descriptive twin</span></span>, <span><span>2.1 BIM multi-system modelling</span></span>, <span><span>2.1.1 BIM for underground infrastructure</span></span>, <span><span>2.1.2 Geo- and structural model</span></span>, <span><span>2.2 Functions and interoperability of digitalisation</span></span>, <span><span>2.3 BIM for maintenance</span></span>, <span><span>3 Reflective twin</span></span>, <span><span>3.1 Sensing technologies</span></span>, <span><span>3.2 Data-driven interpretation</span></span>, <span><span>3.3 Data fusion and augmentation</span></span>, <span><span>3.4 Interoperability and semantics</span></span>, <span><span>4 Predictive twin</span></span>, <span><span>4.1 Deterioration modelling</span></span>, <span><span>4.1.1 Physics-based methods</span></span>, <span><span>4.1.2 Machine learning methods</span></span>, <span><span>4.2 Multi-physics simulation</span></span>, <span><span>4.2.1 Interoperability and computational scalability</span></span>, <span><span>4.2.2 Case studies</span></span>, <span><span>4.3 Towards interpretable and reliable predictive twin</span></span>, <span><span>5 Prescriptive twin</span></span> of the paper. <span><span>Section 2</span></span> focuses on reviewing information modelling techniques for creating a descriptive twin, essentially answering the question of “what is it”. <span><span>Section 3</span></sp","PeriodicalId":49414,"journal":{"name":"Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 106508"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143563115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-03-06DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2025.106539
Xiaopu Cui , Pengfei Li , Chuang Wang , Zhaoguo Ge , Shaohua Li , Qiguang Di
The stability of the excavation face plays a pivotal role in ensuring the safety control of shield tunneling. However, there is a dearth of existing literature on the investigation of excavation face stability in inclined composite strata under the influence of seepage. This paper conducts model tests to investigate the instability of excavation faces in inclined strata under varying seepage conditions (three cases). It examines the variations in effective support pressure, surface settlement, and earth pressure throughout the process of instability. The experimental results were validated through numerical simulation. The instability zone and deformation modes are subjected to a comprehensive analysis. The results indicate that the presence of seepage enhances the limit support pressure, consequently reducing the required backward displacement to attain such pressure. The presence of seepage (k = 1.0 and k = 0.5) exerts a more pronounced influence on surface settlement, leading to amplified surface collapse when compared to the no-seepage case (k = 0). The influence extent in front of the excavation face gradually increases as the value of k increases. The soil arching effect is significantly weakened due to the influence of seepage, leading to substantial surface collapse. The findings of this study offer valuable insights into the operational strategies for shielding in water-rich silty clay layers overlying sandy cobble strata.
{"title":"Effect of seepage flow on face stability for a tunnel in water-rich silty clay overlying sandy cobble strata","authors":"Xiaopu Cui , Pengfei Li , Chuang Wang , Zhaoguo Ge , Shaohua Li , Qiguang Di","doi":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106539","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106539","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The stability of the excavation face plays a pivotal role in ensuring the safety control of shield tunneling. However, there is a dearth of existing literature on the investigation of excavation face stability in inclined composite strata under the influence of seepage. This paper conducts model tests to investigate the instability of excavation faces in inclined strata under varying seepage conditions (three cases). It examines the variations in effective support pressure, surface settlement, and earth pressure throughout the process of instability. The experimental results were validated through numerical simulation. The instability zone and deformation modes are subjected to a comprehensive analysis. The results indicate that the presence of seepage enhances the limit support pressure, consequently reducing the required backward displacement to attain such pressure. The presence of seepage (<em>k</em> = 1.0 and <em>k</em> = 0.5) exerts a more pronounced influence on surface settlement, leading to amplified surface collapse when compared to the no-seepage case (<em>k</em> = 0). The influence extent in front of the excavation face gradually increases as the value of <em>k</em> increases. The soil arching effect is significantly weakened due to the influence of seepage, leading to substantial surface collapse. The findings of this study offer valuable insights into the operational strategies for shielding in water-rich silty clay layers overlying sandy cobble strata.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49414,"journal":{"name":"Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 106539"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143563112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ensuring the stability of the tunnel face is crucial for the safety of shield tunnel construction. To assess tunnel face stability during cutterhead operation, we implemented an experimental system incorporating the cutterhead. This system was then utilized to investigate the failure modes of excavation faces in sandy soil layers and the variation in support pressure. Nine sets of physical model tests were conducted using a 1/2 cross-section tunnel model with varying cutterhead states, rotation speeds, and opening ratios to investigate face stability under both static and dynamic conditions. Experimental results indicate that the rotating cutterhead significantly promotes soil movement, leading to higher limit support pressure. Specifically, the limit support pressure is highest when the cutterhead rotates, lowest when stationary, and intermediate when the cutterhead is removed. Neglecting the active rotation of the cutterhead during shield machine advancement could lead to an overestimation of face stability. In addition, elevating the opening ratio and rotation speed of the cutterhead results in an increase in the limit support pressure. Therefore, employing a lower rotation speed and smaller opening ratio for the cutterhead could enhance tunnel face stability.
{"title":"Experimental investigation of shield tunnel face stability under dynamic cutterhead in sandy soil","authors":"Dalong Jin, Zibang Gong, Panpan Cheng, Lujiu Xiang, Dajun Yuan","doi":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106549","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106549","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ensuring the stability of the tunnel face is crucial for the safety of shield tunnel construction. To assess tunnel face stability during cutterhead operation, we implemented an experimental system incorporating the cutterhead. This system was then utilized to investigate the failure modes of excavation faces in sandy soil layers and the variation in support pressure. Nine sets of physical model tests were conducted using a 1/2 cross-section tunnel model with varying cutterhead states, rotation speeds, and opening ratios to investigate face stability under both static and dynamic conditions. Experimental results indicate that the rotating cutterhead significantly promotes soil movement, leading to higher limit support pressure. Specifically, the limit support pressure is highest when the cutterhead rotates, lowest when stationary, and intermediate when the cutterhead is removed. Neglecting the active rotation of the cutterhead during shield machine advancement could lead to an overestimation of face stability. In addition, elevating the opening ratio and rotation speed of the cutterhead results in an increase in the limit support pressure. Therefore, employing a lower rotation speed and smaller opening ratio for the cutterhead could enhance tunnel face stability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49414,"journal":{"name":"Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 106549"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143549332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fire accidents could significantly disrupt the operation of urban roads, especially when they occur at critical routes, such as tunnels. However, due to a lack of systematic studies on the traffic demand affected by tunnel fires, it is challenging to properly define an indicator on traffic performance during accidents, as well as investigate the development of traffic performance in the disruption and recovery stage. In this paper, a traffic-based resilience assessment model was proposed, considering both the accident duration and distribution of traffic demand. In this model, the influence of factors, such as tidal traffic flow and traffic capacity could be intuitively reflected. Besides, the disruption and recovery process of traffic performance could be accurately predicted. Firstly, the methodology for developing the proposed resilience assessment model was discussed in details. Subsequently, a case study focusing on a cross-river tunnel in Shanghai was conducted to exhibit the application. Then, the evolution of performance curves and resilience assessment under different conditions, such as time of fire accident, fire intensity and distribution of traffic demand were investigated. Finally, effectiveness of two measures on improving traffic resilience, including enhancing overall efficiency of emergency services and conducting traffic managements in time was discussed. The results indicate that resilience decreases when fire accidents occur during holidays, or at times when traffic demand is high. Besides, taking traffic managements in time could significantly enhance resilience, with potential improvements of up to 57.5%. This study contributed to the research on recovery of tunnel traffic under fire conditions and future studies on urban road traffic resilience.
{"title":"Traffic-based resilience assessment on urban road tunnel affected by fire accident","authors":"Rui Zhu , Dong-Mei Zhang , Zhong-Kai Huang , Xiao-yang Guo , Bin-lin Gan , Wen-ding Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106543","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106543","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fire accidents could significantly disrupt the operation of urban roads, especially when they occur at critical routes, such as tunnels. However, due to a lack of systematic studies on the traffic demand affected by tunnel fires, it is challenging to properly define an indicator on traffic performance during accidents, as well as investigate the development of traffic performance in the disruption and recovery stage. In this paper, a traffic-based resilience assessment model was proposed, considering both the accident duration and distribution of traffic demand. In this model, the influence of factors, such as tidal traffic flow and traffic capacity could be intuitively reflected. Besides, the disruption and recovery process of traffic performance could be accurately predicted. Firstly, the methodology for developing the proposed resilience assessment model was discussed in details. Subsequently, a case study focusing on a cross-river tunnel in Shanghai was conducted to exhibit the application. Then, the evolution of performance curves and resilience assessment under different conditions, such as time of fire accident, fire intensity and distribution of traffic demand were investigated. Finally, effectiveness of two measures on improving traffic resilience, including enhancing overall efficiency of emergency services and conducting traffic managements in time was discussed. The results indicate that resilience decreases when fire accidents occur during holidays, or at times when traffic demand is high. Besides, taking traffic managements in time could significantly enhance resilience, with potential improvements of up to 57.5%. This study contributed to the research on recovery of tunnel traffic under fire conditions and future studies on urban road traffic resilience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49414,"journal":{"name":"Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 106543"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143549328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-03-05DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2025.106520
{"title":"Discussion: Effects of critical tunnelling parameters on consolidation-associated long-term greenfield settlement due to shield tunnel in soft ground. Gang Zheng, Ruikun Wang, Huayang Lei, Xuesong Cheng, Eng-Choon Leong and Hualin Du. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology 155 (2025) 106168","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106520","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tust.2025.106520","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49414,"journal":{"name":"Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 106520"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143549382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}