Research Article

Study on the Seismic Response and Aseismic Measure of Fault-Crossing Tunnels under Combined Action of Fault Dislocation and Seismic Motions

Table 3

Principal stress of tunnels with different aseismic measure.

Fault widthCaseAseismic measureMaximum principal stress (MPa)Minimum principal stress (MPa)

10 m faultSynthetic waveNone111.170.1
Flexible joint76.9 (−30.8%)65.5 (−6.6%)
Grouting69.8 (−37.2%)48.8 (−30.4%)
Flexible joint + grouting48.0 (−56.8%)42.6 (−39.2%)
Wenchuan waveNone107.894.0
Flexible joint122.2 (+13.3%)103.2 (+9.8%)
Grouting67.3 (−37.6%)67.3 (−28.4%)
Flexible joint + grouting86.9 (−19.4%)73.1 (−22.2%)
Kobe waveNone106.888.3
Flexible joint121.1 (+13.4%)102.4 (+15.9%)
Grouting66.4 (−37.8%)66.4 (−24.8%)
Flexible joint + grouting86.3 (−19.2%)72.2 (−18.2%)

100 m faultSynthetic waveNone46.542.7
Flexible joint56.6 (+21.7%)54.6 (+27.9%)
Grouting35.2 (−24.3%)25.8 (−39.6%)
Flexible joint + grouting42.3 (−9.0%)31.9 (−25.3%)
Wenchuan waveNone32.840.0
Flexible joint51.3 (+56.4%)55.4 (+38.5%)
Grouting26.1 (−20.4%)28.4 (−29.0%)
Flexible joint + grouting32.7 (−1%)49.9 (+24.7%)
Kobe waveNone33.128.9
Flexible joint43.1 (+30.2%)35.6 (+23.2%)
Grouting23.3 (−29.6%)25.2 (−12.8%)
Flexible joint + grouting28.0 (−15.4%)20.9 (−27.7%)