Research Article

An Investigation into the Tunnel-Soil-Pipeline Interaction by In Situ Measured Settlements of the Pipelines

Table 3

Measured final settlements of the pipelines and the ground surface.

ItemsPipelineGround surface over pipeline
No. of monitoring pointSettlement (mm)Final settlement (mm)Settlement before measuring pipeline settlement (mm)Concurrent surface settlement (mm)

ϕ 1400 steel water pipelineWS14-1−13.8−53.5−31.1−22.4
WS14-2−34.2−65.0−29.5−35.5
WS14-3−33.6−65.5−10.2−55.3
WS14-4−31.4−59.0−5.9−53.1
WS14-5−39.1−58.2−3.4−54.8
ϕ 300 cast iron water pipelineWI3-1−37.6−71.3−31.7−39.6
WI3-2−42.5−74.5−22.4−52.1
WI3-3−44.6−56.8−6.0−50.8
ϕ 800 steel water pipelineWS8-3−35.1−59.8−3.6−56.2
ϕ 400 steel gas pipelineGS4-1−32.7−59.4−29.0−30.4
GS4-2−46.0−74.5−22.4−52.1
GS4-3−32.9−61.1−9.6−51.5
ϕ 500 steel gas pipelineGS5-1−44.6−73.9−28.9−45
ϕ 800 cast iron water pipelineWI8-4−30.6
WI8-3−47.5