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Seismic Design of Tunnels - Parsons Brinckerhoff

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Mononobe-Okabe Method 87<br />

Wood Method 87<br />

Implications for <strong>Design</strong> 88<br />

5.4 Free-Field Racking Deformation Method 88<br />

San Francisco BART 90<br />

Los Angeles Metro 90<br />

Flexibility vs. Stiffness 90<br />

Applicability <strong>of</strong> the Free-Field Racking Method 92<br />

Examples 92<br />

5.5 Tunnel-Ground Interaction Analysis 96<br />

Factors Contributing to the Soil-Structure Interaction Effect 100<br />

Method <strong>of</strong> Analysis 100<br />

Flexibility Ratio for Rectangular <strong>Tunnels</strong> 102<br />

Results <strong>of</strong> Analysis 112<br />

5.6 Recommended Procedure: Simplified Frame Analysis Models 122<br />

Step-by-Step <strong>Design</strong> Procedure 122<br />

Verification <strong>of</strong> the Simplified Frame Models 128<br />

5.7 Summary <strong>of</strong> Racking <strong>Design</strong> Approaches 133<br />

6.0 Summary 135<br />

Vulnerability <strong>of</strong> Tunnel Structures 137<br />

<strong>Seismic</strong> <strong>Design</strong> Philosophy 137<br />

Running Line Tunnel <strong>Design</strong> 138<br />

Ovaling Effect on Circular <strong>Tunnels</strong> 139<br />

Racking Effect on Rectangular <strong>Tunnels</strong> 139<br />

References 141<br />

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