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Deformations and damage induced in masonry buildings due to nearby tunnel construction activities are influenced by various factors relating to the ground conditions and the structural characteristics of the building and its foundations. The current paper draws on recently completed work at Oxford University, UK on three-dimensional (3D) finite element studies on the influence of the foundation and building characteristics on computed tunnel-induced tensile strains in a masonry building, for an idealised form of the problem. Results are presented on the influence of choices on the constitutive model employed for the masonry and the incorporation of openings (for windows and doors) in the building façade; computed damage metrics are shown to be strongly influenced by these two aspects of the model. It is shown that some of the features of these 3D finite element models can be approximately represented by a simplified model employing an elastic building and a nonlinear Winkler soil-foundation interaction model.
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Burd, H., Yiu, W.N., Martin, C.M. (2021). Influence of Masonry Building Characteristics on Tunnel-Induced Building Damage. In: Barla, M., Di Donna, A., Sterpi, D. (eds) Challenges and Innovations in Geomechanics. IACMAG 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 126. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64518-2_19
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