Impact of Additonal Loads Due to Building Construction on Existing Tunnel Using Fem
摘要
In recent years there is rapid urbanization. There is a need for additional infrastructure to prevent delays, congestion, or accidents from occurring. Due to space constraint and the unavailability of land, the designers are turning to underground applications for additional infrastructure like tunneling. However, construction of the buildings or any other structures above will induce stresses which may impact the tunnel. Present work was aimed to evaluate the deformation of soil masses and the stresses over it while the construction of building takes place. The finite element method is used for carrying out this analysis. Results show that an additional stress of around 1.20 t/m2 and additional settlements of around 1.00 mm are obtained.