TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of surface settlement induced by tunnel excavations for the Esenler–Başakşehir (Istanbul, Turkey) Subway Line
AU - Topal, Candaş
AU - Mahmutoğlu, Yılmaz
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - In most modern cities, public transportation demands are being addressed by constructing subways. The construction of tunnels, especially in weak and shallow subsurface strata, may cause significant damage to infrastructure and superstructures, however. In this study, surface deformations at four different locations along the Esenler–Başakşehir subway line, which is situated on the European side of Istanbul, were examined, with the aim of determining an appropriate method for the reliable estimation of settlement caused by shallow subsurface excavations in locations at high risk of damage. In this context, data from monitoring and numerical analysis were assessed together. Where horizontal, closely spaced twin tunnels were excavated consecutively at the same elevation, it was found that the excavation of the first tunnel disturbed the geological strata to the extent that the second tunnel encountered problems with those strata. Accordingly, it was observed that the maximum surface settlement caused by the first tunnel increased following excavation of the second tunnel, even though it had the same excavation geometry, and the settlement trough slid asymmetrically over the second tunnel.
AB - In most modern cities, public transportation demands are being addressed by constructing subways. The construction of tunnels, especially in weak and shallow subsurface strata, may cause significant damage to infrastructure and superstructures, however. In this study, surface deformations at four different locations along the Esenler–Başakşehir subway line, which is situated on the European side of Istanbul, were examined, with the aim of determining an appropriate method for the reliable estimation of settlement caused by shallow subsurface excavations in locations at high risk of damage. In this context, data from monitoring and numerical analysis were assessed together. Where horizontal, closely spaced twin tunnels were excavated consecutively at the same elevation, it was found that the excavation of the first tunnel disturbed the geological strata to the extent that the second tunnel encountered problems with those strata. Accordingly, it was observed that the maximum surface settlement caused by the first tunnel increased following excavation of the second tunnel, even though it had the same excavation geometry, and the settlement trough slid asymmetrically over the second tunnel.
KW - Istanbul subway
KW - Numerical analysis
KW - Surface monitoring
KW - Trough width parameter
KW - Twin tunnels
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U2 - 10.1007/s12665-021-09509-6
DO - 10.1007/s12665-021-09509-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85101915004
SN - 1866-6280
VL - 80
JO - Environmental Earth Sciences
JF - Environmental Earth Sciences
IS - 5
M1 - 188
ER -