Longitudinal deformation profile of a tunnel in weak rock mass by using the back analysis method

Abstract Analysis of the rock mass deformation behavior is a very important aspect of the safety assessment for tunnel construction in weak rock mass. In this paper, the deformation characteristics of a soft rock mass tunnel using three beaches construction method were investigated, which include the crown settlement and horizontal displacement and have 9 sections with 3 different construction schemes. The optimized construction schemes by decreasing the beaches length and changing the geologist of primary support were proposed. Then, applying the displacement back analysis method to calculate the rock mass parameters, double parameters were analyzed by using the golden section method. Results show that the tunnel deformations were affected by the elastic modulus E and the lateral pressure coefficient λ of rock mass, and the change of E has greater influence than λ on the tunnel deformation. The change of λ has greater influence on the crown settlement than that on the horizontal displacement. Furthermore, the regularity and characteristics of longitudinal deformation profile (LDP) in a weak rock mass tunnel was studied by utilizing the Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua (FLAC), and the LDP of the three long-beach construction scheme and the three short-beach construction scheme were compared. The results show that the complete displacements of tunnel under the three short-beach construction scheme condition by decreasing the lengths of the middle and lower benches are smaller than that under the three short-beach construction scheme condition, however the pre-deformation of the tunnel deformation under this two construction scheme conditions is nearly the same. The extrusion deformation at the tunnel face of the three short-beach construction scheme is larger than that of the three long-beach construction scheme. Therefore, increasing the area of the core soil is a feasible measure to control the extrusion deformation on the tunnel face. Finally, the tunnel optimized construction scheme was verified benefit the tunnel stability. The measures of decreasing the length of middle and lower bench and closing the invert early and immediately will benefit the tunnel stability.

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