Research Article

Effect of Near-Fault Pulsed Ground Motions on Seismic Response and Seismic Performance to Tunnel Structures

Table 8

Failure probabilities under fortification standards responding to different ground motions.

Ground motionsFortification standardsFailure probability (%)
IntactSlightly damagedModerately damagedSeverely damaged

Near-fault pulsed ground motionsVIII frequent44.9945.893.535.59
VIII basis1.0733.257.9857.70
VIII rare0.028.113.1088.77
VIII extremely rare0.001.760.6297.62

Far-field ground motionsVIII frequent65.0433.361.260.34
VIII basis1.2144.4013.0741.32
VIII rare0.018.083.3788.54
VIII extremely rare0.002.621.1996.19