Abstract: Uneven settlement of the strata induced by ground fissure activity trigger great damage to a shield tunnel crossing a ground fissure zone. It is of great significance for the safe maintenance of tunnels to accurately predict ...

Abstract: Ground fissure is the most common geological catastrophe phenomenon in Xi’an, posing a major security threat to the currently developing urban cloud rail transit system. In this paper, a 3D-FEM calculation model is established ...

Abstract: Failures of metro tunnels that pass obliquely through ground fissures at low angles are a common problem; however, their mechanism is unknown. In the city of Xi’an, China, Line No. 3 of the Xi’an Metro intersects ground ...