Analysis on Vibrations due to High-Speed Railway Tunnel and Control Measures

Abstract

With the economy developing rapidly, China has entered the era of high-speed railway, but at the same time, the negative impact of high-speed railway is increasing obviously. The paper analyzes the induced environmental vibration problems due to the high-speed railway, the specific response in the power of the shield tunnel under the train loads, the tunnel structure and the surrounding strata, When the local layer is saturated sand, by calculating the pore water pressure and the layer stress, determining whether it can cause sand liquefaction phenomenon or not, judging the damage extent of tunnel structure, especially it may influences the normal operation of the train. The vertical displacement of the tunnel structure due to the dynamic train load may have impact on the normal operation of the train, where some preventive measures should be taken, such as concrete grouting reinforcement method. In this paper the non-reinforcement case is compared to the reinforcing ones, and different reinforcement ring thickness is studied in order to determine a reasonable thickness of the reinforcement. The main contents include the following work: （1）Response analysis by using the FLAC3D software to simulate the shield tunnel under the dynamic train loads which are the main cause of the displacement of the segment and surrounding strata. The simulation study mainly includes analysis of the changes of pore water pressure and stress. （2） Since train load can produce the vertical displacement, prevention and controlling measures should be taken, which mainly use grouting reinforcement.