SEISMIC DESIGN OF CUT AND COVER TUNNEL BASED ON DAMAGE ANALYSES AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES

Some cut and cover tunnels were damaged by the Hyogoken-Nambu earthquake in 1995. In most cases, except for important facilities and those constructed in soft subsoil, a seismic design had not been considered.

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  Railway Technical Research Institute

  2-8-38, Hikari-cho, Kokubunji-shi
  Tokyo 185,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • NISHIYAMA, S
  • Muroya, K
  • HAYA, H
  • Tanamura, S
  • Nishimura, A
• Publication Date: 1999-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 158164
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant design; Seismicity; Tunneling
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00778657
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 13 1999 12:00AM