A review of seismic resilience of shield tunnels

X Chen, J Shen, X Bao, X Wu, W Tang, H Cui - … and Underground Space …, 2023 - Elsevier
Considering the increasingly complex and interconnected subway tunnels linking cities, this
review argues that the overall reliability of tunnel engineering is crucial for protection when …

[HTML][HTML] Seismic behaviour of tunnels: From experiments to analysis

G Tsinidis, F de Silva, I Anastasopoulos… - … and underground space …, 2020 - Elsevier
The paper presents a state-of-the-art review of the current understanding of the seismic
behaviour of tunnels. Emphasis is placed on recorded responses of actual tunnels during …

Seismic fragility assessment of geotechnical seismic isolation (GSI) for bridge configuration

D Forcellini, S Alzabeebee - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2023 - Springer
The seismic vulnerability of bridges may be reduced by the application of Geotechnical
Seismic Isolation (GSI) below the foundations of the columns and the abutments. However …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical investigation of pile responses induced by adjacent tunnel excavation in spatially variable clays

X Gu, F Chen, W Zhang, Q Wang, H Liu - Underground Space, 2022 - Elsevier
The pile responses induced by adjacent tunnel excavation have been a hot research topic in
geotechnical engineering. Tunnel excavation may exert disturbance to the surrounding soil …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative study of the effect of the soil constitutive model on the seismic response of buried concrete pipes

S Alzabeebee - Journal of Pipeline Science and Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
No attention has been given in previous studies to understand the influence of the
sophistication of the soil constitutive model on the response of buried concrete pipes …

Evaluation of various seismic response analysis methods for underground structures in saturated sand

T Zhu, R Wang, JM Zhang - Tunnelling and Underground Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
Underground structures in liquefiable saturated sand are prone to earthquake damage.
Various simplified pseudo-static seismic response analysis methods for underground …

Structural design and seismic performance analysis of partially prefabricated subway station structure

C Wu, D Lu, C Ma, MH El Naggar, X Du - Tunnelling and Underground …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to improve the seismic performance of underground subway station structures while
taking advantage of modular assembly technology, a novel partially prefabricated structure …

[HTML][HTML] A numerical case study on the long-term seismic assessment of reinforced concrete tunnels in corrosive environments

M Antoniou, A Mantakas, N Nikitas… - Journal of Rock Mechanics …, 2023 - Elsevier
The paper investigates the long-term seismic behaviour of an underground reinforced
concrete (RC) metro tunnel in Santiago, Chile, considering the combined effects of chloride …

Calibration of a finite element model to predict the dynamic response of a railway track bed subjected to low-and high-speed moving train loads

S Alzabeebee - Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, 2023 - Springer
Sustainable and resilient design of railway track beds subjected to low and high moving
train loads nowadays require the use of sophisticated three-dimensional finite element …

Seismic response of ultra-large diameter shield tunnel in upper-soft and lower-hard site: Shaking table tests and numerical simulations

J Liang, A Xu, Z Ba, Z Wu, Q Yan, Y Zhu - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2023 - Elsevier
The shaking table test study on the ultra-large diameter shield tunnel in upper-soft and lower-
hard site was rare, due to the limitations of test technology and equipment performance. This …