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A new analytical approach for a shallow circular hydraulic tunnel

Authors: Aizhong Lu, Hui Cai, Shaojie Wang

Published in: Meccanica | Issue 1-2/2019

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An analytical solution is presented for a shallow circular hydraulic tunnel excavated in an elastic rock mass with gravity by a new approach. Through the stress boundary condition on the ground surface, the relationship between the two analytic functions can be directly given. Thus, only one analytic function should be considered in the solving process. Based on the stress boundary condition on the excavated boundary, the analytic function is solved by power series method. The solving process is much simpler than ever. The excavation process and unbalanced force system acting on the tunnel boundary are considered by a complex potential function with logarithmic term. Through the conformal mapping method in complex variable, the basic equations for solving the stresses and displacements are obtained according to the stress boundary condition on the tunnel boundary. The examples are presented under the different coefficients of horizontal stress, tunnel depths and water head heights.

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Title: A new analytical approach for a shallow circular hydraulic tunnel
Authors: Aizhong Lu
Hui Cai
Shaojie Wang
Publication date: 17-12-2018
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Meccanica / Issue 1-2/2019
Print ISSN: 0025-6455
Electronic ISSN: 1572-9648
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-018-00931-y

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