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In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in tunnel excavation to resolve traffic problems especially in populated urban areas. However, tunnel excavations could seriously affect ground surface behavior static and dynamic load conditions. Several studies have estimated the ground motion induced by tunnels in homogeneous, isotropic and linear elastic soils, however there is still insufficient data on behavior in real conditions such as non-linear and anisotropic behavior of soil in response to tunnel excavation. The aim of this paper is to examine the ground motion amplification due to excavation of a circular tunnel in shallow depth in soft soil. To this aim, at first, using a verified finite element code, effective parameters of problem including depth and ductility of tunnel, frequency content and soil material set are investigated. Then, the effects of underground circular structure on dynamic response of ground are assessed according to real time history earthquakes. Finally the results are compared with green field condition. The results of this study indicate that underground circular structures have significant effects on ground motion amplification. These effects can be twice as large as green field conditions.
The original version of this chapter was revised: The missing authors’ names were updated. The correction to this chapter is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95744-9_18
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Mousivand, M., Aminpour, H., Ebrahimi, N. (2019). Ground Motion Amplification Induced by Shallow Circular Tunnel in Soft Soil. In: Wang, S., Xinbao, Y., Tefe, M. (eds) New Solutions for Challenges in Applications of New Materials and Geotechnical Issues. GeoChina 2018. Sustainable Civil Infrastructures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95744-9_16
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