Research Article

Shaking Table Tests for Seismic Response of Oblique Overlapped Tunnel

Table 1

Similarity relations and ratios.

Physical parametersSymbol and relational expressionSimilarity ratio

Length (L)CL1/50
Density (ρ)Cρ1/1
Elastic modulus (E)CE1/30
Stress (σ)Cσ = CECε1/30
Strain (ε)Cε = 11
Poisson’s ratio )Cμ = 11
Internal friction angle (ϕ)Cϕ = 11
Time (t)Ct =  CL1/9.129
Displacement (d)Cd = CL1/50
Velocity () =  1/0.183
Acceleration (a)Ca = CE1/0.6