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Prediction of ground settlement during tunnelling in water bearing ground

  • Sungkyunkwan University

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Abstract

This paper presents an artificial neural network approach for prediction of tunnelling-induced ground groundwater drawdown and associated settlement during tunneling in water bearing ground. A parametric study using a calibrated 2D stress-pore pressure coupled finite element analysis was conducted to form a database concerning the settlement and groundwater drawdown during tunneling in groundwater drawdown environment. An artificial neural network (ANN) was then developed based on the database to establish underlying relationships between tunneling and its consequence. The developed ANN exhibited excellent performance in predicting the magnitude of settlement and groundwater drawdown for tunneling conditions considered in this study, confirming that a generalized ANN can be deployed in practical use. Also examined the relative importance of influencing factors on the settlement and groundwater drawdown during tunneling based on the ANN results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Subtitle of host publicationThe Academia and Practice of Geotechnical Engineering
Pages1953-1956
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ICSMGE 2009 - Alexandria, Egypt
Duration: 5 Oct 20099 Oct 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: The Academia and Practice of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume3

Conference

Conference17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ICSMGE 2009
Country/TerritoryEgypt
CityAlexandria
Period5/10/099/10/09

Keywords

  • Artificial neural network
  • Finite element anlaysis
  • Groundwater drawdown
  • Settlement
  • Tunnelling

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