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Study on a rational repair and reinforcement by analysis of crack density in OO subway (지하철 터널 균열밀도 분석을 통한 합리적인 보수보강 방안 연구)

  • Yoon Tae-Gook;Shin Yong-Suk;Ahn Sang-Ro;Lee Song
    • 한국터널공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.04a
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    • pp.262-269
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    • 2005
  • The priority order about a rational repair and reinforcement is generally decided by subjective decision of engineer. An appearance investigation by tunnel scanner that is widely used in foreign nation was carried out to decide about a rational repair and reinforcement through systematic and objective analysis in box and NATM tunnel. We have decided on the order of priority of an rational repair and reinforcement through the crack density analysis by span, distance and location with the result of tunnel scanner.

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Application of risk evaluation and safety management system in urban deep tunnelling (도심지 대심도 터널에서의 리스크 평가 및 안전관리시스템 적용)

  • Moon, Joon-Shik;Jeon, Kichan;Kim, Younggeun
    • Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.725-744
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    • 2022
  • As the construction of infrastructure using the underground tunnel in urban area have been rapidly increased, various accidents and collapses of tunnel including structure have been occurred in deep urban tunnelling. The concern and worry relating to the risk and safety of the tunnel during excavation is becoming the key issues in deep urban tunnelling. In this study, it was conducted for deep urban tunnel at GTX (Great Train Express) line which was located in Seoul metropolitan area to determine the risk characteristics for tunnel according to urban tunnelling. Also, it was reviewed the risk analysis and evaluation of the tunnel, shaft and station. And after a review of risk analysis and evaluation for risk register and hazard identification by using a risk matrix method, safety management of the tunnel according to excavation was evaluated to be secured. This study is expected to be applied as useful approach in deep urban tunnelling if you need to review the risk and safety management system of tunnel according to mitigation measures in complex urban tunnelling.

A study on the estimation of safety in long railway tunnel (장대 철도터널에서의 방재 안전성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Young-Geun;Kim, Dong-Hyun
    • Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.287-298
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    • 2007
  • Recently, as the construction of new railway and the relocation of existing line increase, tunnel structures get longer. The railway fire accidents in long tunnel bring large damages of human life and disaster. The interest on safety in long tunnel has been growing and the safety standard for long tunnels is tightening. For that reason, at the planning stage of a long tunnel, the optimum design of safety facility for minimizing the risks and satisfying the safety standard is required. For the reasonable design of a long railway tunnel considering high safety, qualitative estimation for tunnel safely is required. In this study, QRA (Quantitative Risk Analysis) technique is applied to design of a long railway tunnel for assuring the safety function and estimating the risk of safety. The case study for safety design was carried out to verify the QRA technique for two railway tunnels.

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A Study on Analysis of Passenger Safety in Railroad Tunnel Fire - Using Simulation - (시뮬레이션을 이용한 철도터널 화재 사고의 승객 안전도 분석)

  • Kim, Dong-Jin;Moon, Seong-Am;Kim, Dong-Gun;Kim, Kyung-Sup;Jang, Young-Joon;Jung, Woo-Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.10 no.2 s.39
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    • pp.131-136
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, the methodology to predict the number of deaths and possible fire propagation scenarios will be described in case of fire on a train in a tunnel. We use a probabilistic analysis method for the evaluation of possibility for each scenario and the deaths tolls are calculated with the help of the passenger evacuation simulation program. The resulting safety of passengers is displayed on a F/N graph, which could be used in part as a guideline to predict the safety level of the tunnel in fire.

A Study on Fire Safety Measure for Korean Utility Tunnels Based on Analysis of Fire Safety Performance for Utility Tunnel in Advanced Countries (해외 공동구의 방재성능분석을 통한 국내 공동구에 적합한 방재대책에 관한 연구)

  • 박형주;김상욱
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.71-77
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    • 2001
  • The pipes and cables buried below ground which may have helped to improved city landscapes is becoming direct and indirect cause for various disaster in Korea due to potential possibility of fire. Various types of fire in utility tunnels should be analysed in order to improve its fire safety level, therefore mail problems and shortcomings are checked out as a result of this analysis. By performing both tunnel fire risk analysis and fire safety level comparison in advanced countries, effective measure and approach to required standardization may be presented to bath tunnel structure and its containing cables in order to diminished up to a desirable rate in a near future.

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Safety Effect Evaluation of Existing Metro Tunnel by Deep Urban Tunnelling (대심도 도심지 터널시공에 의한 기존 지하철 터널 안전영향 평가)

  • Han, Sang-Min;Lee, Dong-Hyuk;Lee, Sung-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.37 no.9
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    • pp.37-50
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    • 2021
  • Recently, due to the expansion of urban infrastructure using underground spaces in urban areas, many adjacent constructions and excavations have been made carried out between existing facilities, and complaints related to the stability of existing facilities due to close construction have become significant issues. In this study, it was closely reviewed for the existing metro tunnel structure in the new Dongbuk urban metro railway to determine the behavioral characteristics of tunnel structure according to adjacent tunnel construction. Also, it was analysed the evaluation of the safety zone and excavation method for metro tunnel structure. And after a detailed damage assessment, track irregularities and structural calculation by using a numerical analysis, stability of the metro tunnel structure according to nearby tunnel excavation was evaluated to be secured for safety. This study is expected to be applied as practical reference to review the evaluation of safety effects of existing tunnel structure and buildings according to adjacent construction in complex deep urban tunnelling.

Structural Safety Analysis and Reinforcement for Weak Area of the Coal Silo Tunnel using Finite Elements Analysis (유한요소해석을 이용한 Coal Silo Tunnel 취약부위의 구조안전성 분석 및 구조보강)

  • Lee, Hyun-Woo;Jung, Sung-Yuen;Song, Se-Arm;Kim, Min-Soo;Kim, Jin-Hyung;Kim, Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.461-468
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    • 2012
  • Silo is a warehouse for storing granular materials such as grain, cement, petroleum compound and coal. When compared to other warehouses, the silo can use space efficiently. The coal silo are consists of silo, tunnel and extractor. Of these, there are not sufficient study and design data on tunnel. It depends heavily upon trial and error method by field engineers with several years of experience. Recently, silos are constructed with a large size, and tunnel becomes to be in danger of severe cracking and collapse by a huge load of coal. So it is necessary to analyze structural safety for tunnel. In this study, the problems of the tunnel are analyzed by field data, and reinforcement of structural weak area using FE analysis has been carried out to design the tunnel satisfying structural safety. From FE Analysis, the reinforced model which does not exceed the yield strength of the material has been proposed.

Dynamic Analysis of Tunnel Structures Considering Soil-Structure Interaction (지반-구조물 상호작용을 고려한 터널 구조물의 동적 해석)

  • Kim, Hyon-Jung;Park, Jang-Ho;Shin, Yung-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.20 no.1 s.69
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    • pp.101-106
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    • 2005
  • When a underground structure is constructed at the site composed of soft soil, the behavior of a underground structure Is much affected by the motion of soft soil. Therefore, the effect of soil-structure interaction is an important consideration in the design of a underground structure such as tunnel at the site composed of soft soil. This paper presents the results of the study on dynamic response of tunnel structures and soil-structure interaction effects. The computer program SASSI was used in seismic analysis of tunnel structures because it is more capable of analyzing dynamic response or structures considering soil-structure interaction. As regards the results, the flexibility of surrounding soil affects dynamic response characteristics of tunnel structures and response of tunnel structures can be amplified.

Reliability analysis of anti-seismic stability of 3D pressurized tunnel faces by response surfaces method

  • Zhang, Biao;Ma, Zongyu;Wang, Xuan;Zhang, Jiasheng;Peng, Wenqing
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.43-54
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    • 2020
  • The limit analysis and response surfaces method were combined to investigate the reliability of pressurized tunnel faces subjected to seismic force. The quasi-static method was utilized to introduce seismic force into the tunnel face. A 3D horn failure mechanism of pressurized tunnel faces subjected to seismic force was constructed. The collapse pressure of pressurized tunnel faces was solved by the kinematical approach. The limit state equation of pressurized tunnel faces was obtained according to the collapse pressure and support pressure. And then a reliability model of pressurized tunnel faces was established. The feasibility and superiority of the response surfaces method was verified by comparing with the Monte Carlo method. The influence of the mean of soil parameters and support pressure, variation coefficients, distribution type and correlation of c-φ on the reliability of pressurized tunnel faces was discussed. The reasonable safety factor and support pressure required by pressurized tunnel faces to satisfy 3 safety levels were presented. In addition, the effects of horizontal seismic force, vertical seismic force and correlation of kh-kv on the reliability of pressurized tunnel faces were also performed. The method of this work can give a new idea for anti-seismic design of pressurized tunnel faces.

Stability Analysis of Rock Pillar in the Diverging Area of Road Tunnel (도로터널 분기부 암반 필라의 안정성 평가)

  • Kang, Jae-Gi;Yang, Hyung-Sik;Jang, Sun-Jong
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.344-353
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    • 2014
  • In this study, the behavior of rock pillar in the diverging area of road tunnel was assessed by using a three dimensional numerical analysis. Based on parameters affecting the behavior of rock pillar, different safety factors according to pillar width, depth and rock conditions were evaluated. It turned out that as the pillar width increases, the change curve of safety factors in accordance with depth and rock conditions shows more of the nonlinear behavior. By the assessment of the minimum safety factor, a safety factor chart on the behavior of rock pillar in the diverging area of road tunnel was suggested.