Tunnelling Induced Ground Settlement

Tunneller

June 23, 2024

This app is a method to calculate ground settlement and the strain induced on buildings due to tunnelling.

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Click the link below:

Building Strain and Ground Settlement Induced by Tunnelling App

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The framework for this app is coherent with the Australian Tunnelling Society methodology. The presentation below is sponsored by Engineers Australia. The relevant sections starts at 33:18 min by Geoffrey Chan.

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The app has been benchmarked against XDisp using the configuration problem below:

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The following are the predicted settlement results from this app :

Fig. 3. The settlement prediction from this App

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The calculated strain results from XDisp (upper image) and this app (lower image) are shown below, and the same results are obtained.

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XDisp:

This App:

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