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Prediction of water–mud inrush hazard from weathered granite tunnel by an improved seepage erosion model

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During tunnel construction, water and mud inrush disasters from completely weathered granite usually lead to the serious casualties and economic losses. Predicting these disasters are vital to the safety construction. Considering the critical erosion condition and flow pattern variation at the three stages (Darcy, rapid, and stable flow stages), a seepage erosion model is developed to perform the coupling analysis of water and mud inrush evolution. The model is shown to have favorable accuracy in real-time predicting the erosion region, ground settlement region, and the main hydraulic parameters (i.e., permeability, water inflow, and mud inflow) by comparison with the laboratory tests and field investigations. Then, effects of the model parameters (i.e., particle diameter, erosion coefficient, and ground permeability) on the water and mud inrush are investigated. Results show that (1) with the decreasing particle diameter, the permeability and the water and mud inflow increase gradually. (2) The erosion coefficient mainly affects the evolution rate and time of the water and mud inrush disaster. (3) The water and mud inrush can be controlled when the ground permeability decreased to the 0.2 time of the initial value. The research findings and the proposed model can provide the reference for the water inrush prevention in a similar project.

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This work was supported by the China National Natural Science Foundation of Youth Fund Project (No. 51809253, 51708220), the Natural Science Foundation of the Fujian Province (No. 2019J01142), and the Natural Science Foundation of the Zhejiang Province (No. LGF19E080005)

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  1. State Key Laboratory On Internet of Things for Smart City, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430071, Wuhan, China

    Jin-Quan Liu

  2. China Construction Eighth Engineering Bureau Co, Ltd, Shanghai, 200000, China

    Chen Liu & Song Wang

  3. China National Chemical Engineering Heavy-Mechanized Co, Ltd, Beijing, 100000, China

    Xiao-Yi Liu & Hai-Liang Yuan

  4. Zhejiang Institute of Communications Corporation Limited, Hangzhou, 310000, China

    Chang-Jun Li

  5. School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China

    Jing-Liang Dong

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Liu, JQ., Liu, C., Liu, XY. et al. Prediction of water–mud inrush hazard from weathered granite tunnel by an improved seepage erosion model. Bull Eng Geol Environ 80, 9249–9266 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-021-02480-3

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