Dynamic response of flexible square tunnels: testing and validation of existing design methodologies

The research leading to the presented experimental results has received funding from the European Community’s Se- venth Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) for access to the Turner beam centrifuge, Cambridge, UK, under grant agreement no. 227887 (SERIES – Seismic Engineering Research Infrastructures for European Synergies, http://www.series.upatras.gr/). The excellent technical support received by the technicians at the Schofield Centre is gratefully acknowledged