An Improved Tunnel-Track Model in Saturated Poroelastic Soils to a Moving Point Load

To predict the mechanical response of a circular cavity/tunnel buried in saturated poroelastic soils to a moving point load, a semianalytical model is provided in this work. The soils are governed by Biot’s theory that describes the wave propagations for saturated poroelastic materials. The displace...

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Main Authors: Zunan Fu, Yuanlei Xu, Zonghao Yuan, Li Shi, Guoshuai Wang, Wenbo Song, Yanming Yu
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Advances in Civil Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/4482364
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author Zunan Fu
Yuanlei Xu
Zonghao Yuan
Li Shi
Guoshuai Wang
Wenbo Song
Yanming Yu
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Yuanlei Xu
Zonghao Yuan
Li Shi
Guoshuai Wang
Wenbo Song
Yanming Yu
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description To predict the mechanical response of a circular cavity/tunnel buried in saturated poroelastic soils to a moving point load, a semianalytical model is provided in this work. The soils are governed by Biot’s theory that describes the wave propagations for saturated poroelastic materials. The displacement and stress vectors for the solid skeleton and pore-water fluid are represented by scalar and vectorial potentials. The governing equations for the tunnel and surrounding soils are solved in the frequency domain with the aid of separation of variables and Fourier transformations. To check the feasibility of the present analytical model, the solution is compared with other available results calculated for the ring load case. The good agreement shows the correctness of the present model. Numerical results suggest that the mechanical response from a moving point load in a tunnel for two-phase poroelastic materials is quite different from that in single-phase elastic materials. The critical velocity of the tunnel-soil system is around the shear wave speed of soils while the second one introduced into the track-tunnel-soil system with very high value is around the critical velocity of the track structure itself.
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spelling doaj-art-e0863da7441044e8b8260b4ef13b1a592025-08-20T02:21:30ZengWileyAdvances in Civil Engineering1687-80942021-01-01202110.1155/2021/4482364An Improved Tunnel-Track Model in Saturated Poroelastic Soils to a Moving Point LoadZunan Fu0Yuanlei Xu1Zonghao Yuan2Li Shi3Guoshuai Wang4Wenbo Song5Yanming Yu6Huadong Engineering Corporation LimitedZhejiang Academy of Building Research & Design Co., LtdZhejiang University of TechnologyZhejiang University of TechnologyZhejiang Huadong Engineering Construction Management Co., LtdZhejiang Huadong Engineering Construction Management Co., LtdHuadong Engineering Corporation LimitedTo predict the mechanical response of a circular cavity/tunnel buried in saturated poroelastic soils to a moving point load, a semianalytical model is provided in this work. The soils are governed by Biot’s theory that describes the wave propagations for saturated poroelastic materials. The displacement and stress vectors for the solid skeleton and pore-water fluid are represented by scalar and vectorial potentials. The governing equations for the tunnel and surrounding soils are solved in the frequency domain with the aid of separation of variables and Fourier transformations. To check the feasibility of the present analytical model, the solution is compared with other available results calculated for the ring load case. The good agreement shows the correctness of the present model. Numerical results suggest that the mechanical response from a moving point load in a tunnel for two-phase poroelastic materials is quite different from that in single-phase elastic materials. The critical velocity of the tunnel-soil system is around the shear wave speed of soils while the second one introduced into the track-tunnel-soil system with very high value is around the critical velocity of the track structure itself.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/4482364
spellingShingle Zunan Fu
Yuanlei Xu
Zonghao Yuan
Li Shi
Guoshuai Wang
Wenbo Song
Yanming Yu
An Improved Tunnel-Track Model in Saturated Poroelastic Soils to a Moving Point Load
Advances in Civil Engineering
title An Improved Tunnel-Track Model in Saturated Poroelastic Soils to a Moving Point Load
title_full An Improved Tunnel-Track Model in Saturated Poroelastic Soils to a Moving Point Load
title_fullStr An Improved Tunnel-Track Model in Saturated Poroelastic Soils to a Moving Point Load
title_full_unstemmed An Improved Tunnel-Track Model in Saturated Poroelastic Soils to a Moving Point Load
title_short An Improved Tunnel-Track Model in Saturated Poroelastic Soils to a Moving Point Load
title_sort improved tunnel track model in saturated poroelastic soils to a moving point load
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/4482364
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