1st Edition

Deformation and Failure Mechanism of Rock Tunnels under Earthquake Loading

By Yujing Jiang, Xuepeng Zhang Copyright 2024
    344 Pages 173 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Seismic damage to rock tunnels from recent earthquakes indicates an urgent need for seismic assessment and aseismic design of underground structures. This book offers a comprehensive account of seismic performance and the response of underground structures under earthquake loading, necessary for adequate assessment and design.

    The book presents research methods for the rate-dependent mechanical behavior of rock and for the seismic behavior of underground structures. It describes analytical solutions to investigate the seismic response of tunnels subjected to seismic waves, toward an improved quantitative understanding of the seismic deformation and failure mechanism in both longitudinal and transversal aspects. A performance-based restoration design criterion and aseismic design are also proposed for future tunnel planning.

    • Includes a detailed case study for the seismic performance assessment of rock tunnels under earthquake loading
    • Explores the relationship between seismic damage to underground structures and ground deformation
    • Covers a range of issues from mechanisms, analysis, assessment and design of both new tunnels and restoration projects

    The book is ideal for earthquake engineers and researchers, and will also be of interest to contractors, clients, researchers, lecturers, and advanced students working on tunnel engineering.

    1. Introduction.

    2. Rate-dependent mechanical behavior of intact rock: numerical test.

    3. Rate-dependent mechanical behavior of jointed rock: laboratory test.

    4. Propagation behavior of seismic wave on rock fracture: analytic method.

    5. Effect of rock fracture on seismic wave propagation: experimental method.

    6. The methods for analysing seismic response of underground structures.

    7. Analytic analysis for longitudinal seismic response.

    8. Analytic analysis for cross-sectional seismic response Part I: deep-buried tunnel.

    9. Analytic analysis for cross-sectional seismic response Part II: shallow-buried tunnel.

    10. Damage assessment of rock tunnels under earthquake loading.

    11. Quick ground deformation-based seismic damage assessment method.

    12. Performance-based design for the seismic restoration and aseismic design.

    Biography

    Yujing Jiang is a professor and Vice Dean of the Graduate School of Engineering at Nagasaki University, Japan, Chair Researcher at the National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan, and Guest Professor of five national Universities in China, including Shandong University, Chongqing University, Tongji University. He was elected as a fellow of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) in 2010, and a Foreign Associate of the Engineering Academy of Japan (EAJ) in 2018.

    Xuepeng Zhang is an associate professor at Shandong University of Science and Technology, China.