Research Article

Tunnel Probabilistic Structural Analysis Using the FORM

Table 1

Properties of the circular tunnel.

Deterministic parametersProbabilistic parameters
ParameterValueParameterDistribution

0°, 0°Normal (μ = 30, σ = 5)
2.5 mNormal (μ = 25, σ = 3)
0 KPaNormal (μ = 55, σ = 7)
2.7Normal (μ = 110, σ = 5)
0Normal (μ = 70, σ = 4)
SupportNo supportNormal (μ = 240, σ = 7)
/KPaTruncated normal (μ = 20, σ = 11) ≥0
Log-normal (μ = 30, CoV = 0.07)
Ten/KPaUniform (0–8)

: dip of th joint set; : dip direction of th joint set.