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SUBMITTER: Zhang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6192578 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20181017 10
Observations from past earthquakes have shown that subway tunnels can suffer severe damage or excessive deformation due to seismic shaking. This study presents the results of finite element analyses on subway tunnels installed in normally consolidated clay deposits subjected to far-field ground motions. The clay strata were modelled by a hyperbolic-hysteretic constitutive model. The influences of three factors on the seismic response of the clay-tunnel systems were examined, namely ground motion ...[more]