Research Article

Vertical Load and Settlement at the Foot of Steel Rib with the Support of Feet-Lock Pipe in Soft Ground Tunnel

Table 5

Comparison of the predicted vertical loads.

Soil gradeTunnel sectionBack analysis (kN)Support with the feet-lock pipe (kN)Support without the feet-lock pipe (kN)
Pasternak modelWinkler model

VIXK89 + 58845.9848.1648.94232.96
XK89 + 605

VSK89 + 355.653.6855.8657.16275.88
SK89 + 397.6