• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.573-584
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• 2022

Water inrush may occur during seaside urban tunnel excavation. Various factors affect the water inrush, and the water inrush mechanism is complex. In this study, nine evaluation indices having potential effects on water inrush were analysed. Specifically, the geographic and geomorphic conditions, unfavourable geology, distance from the tunnel to sea, strength of the surrounding rock, groundwater level, tidal action, cyclical footage, grouting pressure, and grouting reinforced region were analysed. Furthermore, a two-step interval risk assessment method for water inrush management during seaside urban tunnel excavation was developed by a multi-index system and interval risk assessment comprised of an interval analytic hierarchy process, fuzzy comprehensive evaluation, and relative superiority analysis. The novel assessment method was applied to the Haicang Tunnel successfully. A preliminary interval risk assessment method for water inrush was performed based on engineering geological conditions. As a result, the risk level fell into a risk level IV, which represents a section with high risk. Subsequently, a secondary interval risk assessment method was performed based on engineering geological conditions and construction conditions. The risk level of water inrush is reduced to a risk level II. The results agreed with the current tunnel situation, which verified the reliability of this approach.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2016

A large amount of wear dust generated during train operation is a major dust source in urban railway tunnels. To check possibility of a louver dust collector for the removal of dust in the railway tunnel, five louver dust collector models were designed and their performance was tested in a wind tunnel. JIS Z 8901 Class 8 dust was used as a test dust. Pressure drop and particle collection efficiency were evaluated with the face velocity ranging from 1 m/s to 4 m/s. At this low velocity range, particle collection efficiency of the louver dust collector was found to be insensitive to air velocity and design parameters. Pressure drop was under 40 Pa, and $PM_{10}$ and $PM_{2.5}$ collection efficiencies were approximately 50% and 30%, respectively.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.16-21
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• 2007

Along with the opening of the high speed railroad in 2004, the number of long tunnels constructed is increasing and will be continued. In this respect, the fro inside the tunnels is a main cause of drastic damages to both facilities and lives of passengers on board, especially more severe consequences are expected if the fire occurs on a train in urban area. Even though, the threat to human lives due to the increasing number of tong tunnels and increasing train operation times inside such tunnels is getting bigger, the studies to measure safety of the tunnel and to enhance the safety of passengers have not been carried out enough in Korea. Therefore, in this paper, we will use the probabilistic method to predict the average number of deaths of passengers in case of fire on a train iii tunnel, and show the potential risk to passengers which can be a guide for safer design of tunnels to be constructed.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.561-569
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• 2018

Ground vibration is one of the most undesirable effects induced by blast operation in mountain tunnels, which could cause negative impacts on the residents living nearby and adjacent structures. The ground vibration effects can be well represented by peak particle velocity (PPV) and corner frequency ($f_c$) on the ground. In this research, the PPV and the corner frequency of the mountain surface above the large-span tunnel of the new Badaling tunnel are observed by using the microseismic monitoring technique. A total of 53 sets of monitoring results caused by the blast inside tunnel are recorded. It is found that the measured values of PPV are lower than the allowable value. The measured values of corner frequency are greater than the natural frequencies of the Great Wall, which will not produce resonant vibration of the Great Wall. The vibration effects of associated parameters on the PPV and corner frequency which include blast charge, rock mass condition, and distance from the blast point to mountain surface, are studied by regression analysis. Empirical formulas are proposed to predict the PPV and the corner frequency of the Great Wall and surface structures due to blast, which can be used to determine the suitable blast charge inside the tunnel.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.947-954
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• 2008

Nowadays many urban subways are frequently constructed under the building and the river by the use of tunneling method. Especially, the majority of the tunnel are constructed even with shallow depth under the ground in the weathered soil. Since the tunnel are generally designed on the basis of the geographic soil investigation, the stability of the tunnel should be checked with the realistic data instrumented during construction. The displacement of the tunnel occurs in front of the end face during the excavation of the tunnel, which is called as pre-displacement. The total displacement can be figured from the exact pre-displacement, which is very difficult to measure without using any device installed in front of the tunnel end face. In this study, the pre-displacement measured from horizontal inclinometer was analyzed to know the co-relation with the total displacement and also, the trend and the characteristics of the tunnel deformation during construction was suggested through the regression analysis of the measured data.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.585-594
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• 2007

This paper presents the methods which estimate the influence of ground subsidence and the stability of buildings by tunnel excavation in urban area. First, we study the behaviour of ground subsidence using neural network and numerical method. And we analyze the characteristic of both methods. Using the both methods, we evaluate the stability of buildings by subway tunnel excavation and we compare the results of the neural network and numerical analysis.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.769-774
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• 2018

The growth of cities requires the construction of new tunnels close to the existing ones. Prediction and control of ground movement around the tunnel are important especially in urban area. The ground respond due to EPB (Earth Pressure Balance) pressure are investigated using the finite element method by ABAQUS in intersection of the triplet tunnels (Line 2, 3 and 4) of Mashhad Urban Railway in Iran. Special attention is paid to the effect of EPB pressure on the tunnel face displacement. The results of the analysis show that in EPB tunneling, surface settlement and face displacement is related to EPB pressure. Moreover, it is found that tunnel construction sequence is a great effect in face displacement value. For this study, this value in Line 4 where is excavated after line 3, is smaller than that line. In addition, the trend of the displacement curves are changed with the depth for all lines where is located in above and below, close to and above the centerline tunnel face for Line 2, 3 and 4, respectively. It is concluded that: (i) the surface settlement decreases with increasing EPB pressure on the tunnel face; (ii) at a constant EPB pressure, the tunnel face displacement values increase with depth. In addition, this is depended on the tunneling sequence; (iii) the trend of the displacement curves change with the depth.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.456-461
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• 2011

Recently the design specification has been advanced with preventing earthquake disaster in Korea because of increasing occurrence of large size earthquake. A composite plate with ductile fiber is proposed, which can enhance the performance of built tunnel in both strength and ductility. This study is to focus to verify the effect of strengthening of existing tunnels which is built without earthquake type load scenario, so that it can provide the safety of existing urban subway system against earthquakes.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.567-577
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 계측자료와 해석방법의 조합에 의하여 지반진동을 평가하는 방법을 제시하였다. 평가방법의 기본개념은 FRA(Federal Railway Administration)에서 발간한 진동상세평가 매뉴얼에서 제시한 방법과 유사하나 구체적 평가방법은 다양한 유형의 방진벽의 진동저감 효과를 용이하게 평가할 수 있도록 수정되었다. 터널바닥에 작용하는 하중밀도(force density)는 해당선로의 차량 및 궤도조건을 잘 고려할 수 있는 차량-궤도 상호작용해석에 의하여 산정하였다. 지반진동의 전파유동성(transfer mobility) 2차원 지반진동해석을 통하여 평가하였다. 지반진동의 2차원 해석은 각 모델간의 상대비교에 있어서는 좋은 결과를 얻을 수 있으나 절대치 평가는 어렵다. 따라서 여기서는 사전에 계측된 자료와 해석결과의 비교를 통하여 실제 지반진동 전파특성을 반영할 수 있도록 계산된 전파유동성을 보완하였다. 정립된 진동평가방법을 적용하여 실제 진동민원문제가 크게 발생하였던 도시철도 저심도 터널구간을 대상으로 9가지 유형의 방진벽의 진동저감 효과를 분석하였다.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.41-53
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 도시철도에 인접하여 암반굴착공사를 실시할 때 발생하는 지반진동이 도시철도 구조물에 미치는 영향을 수치 해석을 통하여 검증하였다. 암반굴착공사는 발파공사와 굴착기계공사의 두 경우에 대하여 실시하였다. 발파공사는 굴착부지가 넓은 경우에 정밀진동제어방법과 소규모진동제어방법에 대한 해석을 실시하고 실무에서 기준처럼 사용하고 있는 발파진동 영향권을 검증하였다. 이 발파진동 영향권에서 제시하는 발파 이격거리는 범위가 매우 커서 범위 값 중 최소치에 발파점이 위치할 때 진동한계치를 넘어갈 수 있다. 굴착기계공사는 천공공사를 위한 어스오거와 착암공사를 위한 브레이커에 의한 지반진동이 도시철도 구조물에 미치는 영향을 검증하였다. 시험시공을 통하여 어스오거와 브레이커의 지반진동을 측정하고 보정을 거쳐서 수치해석을 위한 입력하중을 산출하였다. 수치해석은 터널구조, 개착식 박스구조, 고가교량구조에 대하여 실시하였다. 터널구조의 해석에서 결과는 어스오거는 현장 추정치와 비슷하나 브레이커에서는 현장에서 얻어지는 추정치보다 작다. 발파공 사이의 충전매질을 통한 충격파 전파 효과를 수치적으로 시뮬레이션하고 검증하였다. 개착식 박스구조에서는 굴착공과 박스사이의 매립토가 지반진동을 증폭시키는 형상이 발생하며 진동파가 박스구조물에 도달하면 일정한 값으로 수렴한다. 고가교량의 경우에는 진동하중이 상대적으로 작은 어스오거 지반진동은 파일기초에 도달하면서 작아지는데, 상대적으로 크고 주기적인 브레이커 지반진동은 교량 상부구조에 추가적인 지반 진동하중으로 작용함을 볼 수 있다.