Negative Soil Arching Effect Caused by the Floating of Rectangular and Circular Tunnels and the Calculation of Overlying Earth Pressure Distribution
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2026Author
Lin, Xing-Tao
Zeng, Hui
Lin, Qi-Rui
Chen, Rui-Di
Chen, Xiangsheng
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Abstract Determining the variation of earth pressure around a tunnel is crucial for its structural
safety. This paper adopts the FEM to investigate the negative soil arching effect
caused by the floating of a rectangular tunnel (RT) and a circular tunnel ...