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Tunnels are usually constructed in stratified geotechnical environments. However, most tunnel designers prefer to use a simplified model with the assumption of homogeneous soil conditions. This paper presents a numerical model of the semicircular tunnel in a stratified soil condition. In this study, the tunnel displacement and stresses are studied at critical points say top and bottom of tunnel geometry for geostatic and induced load condition as the tunnel is considered to be served for the single railway track. The study extended for different stratified sequence. This infers that the stresses are more at the bottom of the tunnel and propagate higher towards the bottom of stratification. But the observation is not the same for the settlement, and the weak settlement zones are created in the soil and values vary for different stratified sequences.
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Badry, P., Venkateshwarlu, M., Sai Kiran Reddy, D., Prasad, V., Vishal Preetham, M. (2020). Numerical Analysis of Single Track Railway Tunnel in a Stratified Soil Condition. In: Saride, S., Umashankar, B., Avirneni, D. (eds) Advances in Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering . Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 71. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3662-5_26
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