A Framework of Probabilistic Seismic Risk Analysis of Urban Shallow-Buried Tunnels Subjected to Active Fault Dislocations

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study develops a methodology for conducting a quantitative seismic risk assessment for shallow-buried tunnels that are induced by active fault dislocations. A case study for a tunnel crossing a strike-slip fault zone is performed using this method. The fault-tunnel crossing angle, the bedrock overburden thickness, the tunnel burial depth, the lining thickness, and the soil properties parameters are analysed in terms of their effects on the seismic responses, fragility curves, and seismic risks for the tunnels. This methodology could quantify the seismic risk of existing metro tunnels that pass through active fault zones, and could also assist in the establishment of a benchmark tunnel design for designing a tunnel that passes through an active fault zone.