Research Article

Upper Bound Analysis for Collapse Failure of Shield Tunnel Face Excavated in Unsaturated Soils Considering Steady Vertical Flow

Table 2

Comparison of the collapse pressure with experimental results.

Tunnel diameter ()51013

Experimental results3.37.413.4
and 7.1616.7022.43
and 6.3014.8119.92
and 4.7814.3220.04
and 4.0712.5917.70