THE IMPACT OF TUNNEL LINING ON THE REACTION OF THE GROUND SURFACE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF TRANSPORT LOADS

Abstract

When a tunnel is subjected to transport loads (loads from the moving transportation within it), vibrations occur in the tunnel lining and the surrounding massif. Traditional quasi-static methods do not account for the dynamic behavior of tunnel structures. Therefore, this paper aims to develop a dynamic calculation method using modern mechanics.  The purpose of this paper is to develop such a method. The relevance of the research in this article is due to the trend of increasing the speed of vehicles in recent years. This paper considers an unsupported and lined circular cylindrical shallow tunnel. The tunnel is modeled as an extended circular cylindrical cavity or reinforcing shell located in an elastic half-space. The surface of the cavity or the inner surface of the shell is subjected to a normal load (the effect of the pressure of a moving object on the tunnel) and a tangential load parallel to this axis (the effect of the friction forces of a moving object on the tunnel) moving uniformly along its axis. The motion of the half-space and the shell are described by the dynamic equations of elasticity theory and the equations of classical shell theory, respectively, in moving coordinate systems. The integral Fourier transform method is used to solve the problem. In the case of moving axisymmetric normal and axial tangential loads acting on the tunnel, a numerical study of the influence of the tunnel lining on the stress-strain state of the ground surface is carried out.