Research Article

Numerical Analysis of the Soil Deformation Caused by Tunneling under Vehicle Loads in the Coastal Reclamation Area

Table 4

Simulated soil deformations.

Soil deformation divisionDisturbed area (m)Transverse settlement
Disturbance value (mm)
Vehicle load 550 kNVehicle load 200 kN

Key disturbed zone0–4−16.21 to −7.86−7.6 to −3.3
Secondary disturbed zone4–10−6.36 to +0.21−2.68 to +1.13
General disturbed zone10–25−0.47 to +1.72+1.97 to +0.17
Minor-disturbed zone25–36+1.07 to +0.27+1.07 to +0.22