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ghorbani, S., Samimi Namin, F., lajevardi, S. (2017). A Statistical-Probabilistic Pattern for Determination of Tunnel Advance Step by Quantitative Risk Analysis. International Journal of Mining and Geo-Engineering, 51(2), 161-176. doi: 10.22059/ijmge.2017.230636.594663
sasan ghorbani; Farhad Samimi Namin; seyed ahmad lajevardi. "A Statistical-Probabilistic Pattern for Determination of Tunnel Advance Step by Quantitative Risk Analysis". International Journal of Mining and Geo-Engineering, 51, 2, 2017, 161-176. doi: 10.22059/ijmge.2017.230636.594663
ghorbani, S., Samimi Namin, F., lajevardi, S. (2017). 'A Statistical-Probabilistic Pattern for Determination of Tunnel Advance Step by Quantitative Risk Analysis', International Journal of Mining and Geo-Engineering, 51(2), pp. 161-176. doi: 10.22059/ijmge.2017.230636.594663
ghorbani, S., Samimi Namin, F., lajevardi, S. A Statistical-Probabilistic Pattern for Determination of Tunnel Advance Step by Quantitative Risk Analysis. International Journal of Mining and Geo-Engineering, 2017; 51(2): 161-176. doi: 10.22059/ijmge.2017.230636.594663

A Statistical-Probabilistic Pattern for Determination of Tunnel Advance Step by Quantitative Risk Analysis

Article 9, Volume 51, Issue 2, Summer and Autumn 2017, Page 161-176  XML PDF (1.92 MB)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.22059/ijmge.2017.230636.594663
Authors
sasan ghorbani email 1; Farhad Samimi Namin2; seyed ahmad lajevardi3
1University of Zanjan
2Zanjan
3zanjan
Abstract
One of the main challenges faced in design and construction phases of tunneling projects is the determination of maximum allowable advance step to maximize excavation rate and reduce project delivery time. Considering the complexity of determining this factor and unexpected risks associated with inappropriate determination of that, it is necessary to employ a method which is capable of accounting for interactions among uncertain geotechnical parameters and advance step. The main objective in the present research is to undertake optimization and risk management of advance step length in water diversion tunnel at Shahriar Dam based on uncertainty of geotechnical parameters following a statistic-probabilistic approach. In the present research, in order to determine optimum advance step for excavation operation, two hybrid methods were used: strength reduction method-discrete element method- Monte Carlo simulation (SRM/DEM/MCS) and strength reduction method- discrete element method- point estimate method (SRM/DEM/PEM). Moreover, Taguchi analysis was used to investigate the sensitivity of advance step to changes in statistical distribution function of input parameters under three tunneling scenarios at sections of poor to good qualities (as per RMR classification system). Final results implied the optimality of the advance step defined in scenario 2 where 2 m advance per excavation round was proposed, according to shear strain criterion and SRM/DEM/MCS, with minimum failure probability and risk of 8.05% and 75281.56 $, respectively, at 95% confidence level. Moreover, in either of normal, lognormal, and gamma distributions, as the advance step increased from Scenario 1 to 2, failure probability was observed to increase at lower rate than that observed when advance step in scenario 2 was increased to that In Scenario 3. In addition, Taguchi tests were subjected to signal-to-noise analysis and the results indicated that, considering the three statistical distributions of normal, lognormal, and gamma, under the scenario with poor section, effect of normal stiffness of joints on excavation advance step was larger than the effect of other parameters. Accordingly, with increasing RMR quality, normal stiffness of joints was seen to decrease, so that deformability modulus became more significant.
Keywords
Advance step; SRM/DEM/MCS; SRM/DEM/PEM; Risk analysis; Taguchi
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