Application of particle swarm optimization‐XGBoost for tunnel stability prediction by considering the random field of Hoek–Brown strength parameter
摘要
The aim of this study is to examine circular tunnel stability by investigating the influence of the spatial variability of rock masses by using the Hoek–Brown model, random field theory, and random adaptive finite element limit analysis (RAFELA). The analysis investigates the influences of six input parameters, including the cover depth ratio (C/D), the geological strength index dependent on rock quality (GSI), the yield parameter (mi), the mean of variation (COVσci), the dimensionless correlation length (Θ), and the specified factor of safety (FoS), on the probabilistic analysis of circular tunnel stability. The mean stability number μNran increases, and the PoF decreases with increasing correlation length. The failure patterns of circular tunnels in rock under deterministic analysis and stochastic analysis have been examined. Furthermore, the eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGB) method was selected to consider the relationships between the investigated parameters and the stability factor. A hybrid machine-learning framework is proposed that integrates an optimization algorithm, namely, particle swarm optimization (PSO), into the XGB algorithm to increase its performance. The efficiency of the PSO-XGB model is suggested as the best hybrid XGB model (R2 = 99.61%) for predicting the failure probability of a circular tunnel.