1st Edition

AI-Enhanced Safety Evaluation for Tunnelling in Rock Principles, Methods and Algorithms

298 Pages 181 Color & 16 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

298 Pages 181 Color & 16 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques for rock tunnel construction offer innovative solutions for assessing rock mass quality and ensuring excavation safety in challenging geological conditions. Both cutting-edge contact methods and noncontact methods such as digital photography can provide continuous geological data during excavation. Then, advanced deep learning algorithms for precise... Read more

Chapter 1: Introduction

 

Chapter 2: Investigation of rock mass data acquisition and surrounding rock classification methods using digital photography

 

Chapter 3: Automated classification of tunnel face apparent structures

 

Chapter 4: The extraction and quantitative characterization of weak interlayer information in tunnel work face

 

Chapter 5: Quantitative characterization of groundwater distribution in tunnel faces

 

Chapter 6: Quantitative extraction and statistical analysis of joint fracture information in tunnel face

 

Chapter 7: Study on the three-dimensional discontinuity surfaces and trace characterization of tunnel faces  

 

Chapter 8: The intelligent grading of surrounding rock based on multi-source heterogeneous data fusion

 

Chapter 9: Safety evaluation of tunnel excavation based on machine vision and 3DEC simulation

 

Chapter 10: Conclusions and future outlook

Biography

Jiayao Chen is an associate professor at Beijing Jiaotong University. He is a board member and secretary of the Chinese Society of Civil Engineering Risk and Insurance Research Division.

Hongwei Huang is a distinguished professor at Tongji University, China, a "Yangtze Scholar," and President of the Engineering Risk and Insurance Research Branch of the Chinese Civil Engineering Society. He also leads the International Joint Research Center for Resilient Infrastructure.

Mingliang Zhou is an associate professor and assistant dean at the College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University and a recipient of the International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship. He earned his Ph.D. from Cambridge University, UK, and is a core member of ISSMGE's YMPG and TC309.