Prediction of roof supporting pressure for shallow tunnels in layered soils incorporating the effect of pore water pressure.

In this study, we propose a method for predicting the supporting pressure required for shallow tunnels in layered soils, based on a curved roof collapse mechanism with multi-failure surfaces. In this method, the effect of the number and thickness of soil layers, pore water pressure, arbitrary roof p...

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Main Authors: Hong-Tao Wang, Xiao-Jing Li, Ping Liu, Xin Zhang, Lu-Yao Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217351