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Using the PiP model for fast calculation of vibration from a railway tunnel in a multi-layered half-space

Using the PiP model for fast calculation of vibration from a railway tunnel in a multi-layered half-space
Using the PiP model for fast calculation of vibration from a railway tunnel in a multi-layered half-space
This paper presents a new method for calculating vibration from underground railways buried in a multi-layered half-space. The method assumes that the tunnel’s near-field displacements are controlled by the dynamics of the tunnel and the layer that contains the tunnel, and not by layers further away. Therefore the displacements at the tunnel-soil interface can be calculated using a model of a tunnel embedded in a full space. The Pipe-in-Pipe (PiP) model is used for this purpose, where the tunnel wall and its surrounding ground are modelled as two concentric pipes using elastic continuum theory. The PiP model is computationally efficient on account of uniformity along and around the tunnel. The far-field displacement is calculated by using another computationally efficient model that calculates Green’s functions for a multi-layered half-space using the direct stiffness method. The model is based on the exact solution of Navier’s equations for a horizontally layered half-space in the frequency-wavenumber domain.

The results and computation time of the new method are compared with those of an alternative coupled Finite-Element-Boundary-Element (FE-BE) method that accounts for a tunnel in a multi-layered half-space. It is shown that the results of the two methods are in a good agreement for typical parameter values of a tunnel. The new method is computationally more efficient, i.e. requires significantly less running-time on a personal computer with much less use of memory.
numerical and computational methods in engineering, railway tunnel, vibration, PiP Model, multi-layered half-space, fast calculation
978-3-540-74892-2
136-142
Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
Hussein, M.F.M.
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Hunt, H.E.M.
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Rikse, L.
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Degrande, G.
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Talbot, J.P.
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Schevenels, M.
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Schulte-Werning, Burkhard
Thompson, David
Gautier, Pierre-Etienne
Hanson, Carl
Hemsworth, Brian
Nelson, James
Maeda, Tatsuo
de Vos, Paul
Hussein, M.F.M.
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Hunt, H.E.M.
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Rikse, L.
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Gupta, S.
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Degrande, G.
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Talbot, J.P.
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Francois, S.
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Schevenels, M.
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Hanson, Carl
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Nelson, James
Maeda, Tatsuo
de Vos, Paul

Hussein, M.F.M., Hunt, H.E.M., Rikse, L., Gupta, S., Degrande, G., Talbot, J.P., Francois, S. and Schevenels, M. (2008) Using the PiP model for fast calculation of vibration from a railway tunnel in a multi-layered half-space. Schulte-Werning, Burkhard, Thompson, David, Gautier, Pierre-Etienne, Hanson, Carl, Hemsworth, Brian, Nelson, James, Maeda, Tatsuo and de Vos, Paul (eds.) In Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems. Springer Berlin, Heidelberg. pp. 136-142 . (doi:10.1007/978-3-540-74893-9_19).

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Abstract

This paper presents a new method for calculating vibration from underground railways buried in a multi-layered half-space. The method assumes that the tunnel’s near-field displacements are controlled by the dynamics of the tunnel and the layer that contains the tunnel, and not by layers further away. Therefore the displacements at the tunnel-soil interface can be calculated using a model of a tunnel embedded in a full space. The Pipe-in-Pipe (PiP) model is used for this purpose, where the tunnel wall and its surrounding ground are modelled as two concentric pipes using elastic continuum theory. The PiP model is computationally efficient on account of uniformity along and around the tunnel. The far-field displacement is calculated by using another computationally efficient model that calculates Green’s functions for a multi-layered half-space using the direct stiffness method. The model is based on the exact solution of Navier’s equations for a horizontally layered half-space in the frequency-wavenumber domain.

The results and computation time of the new method are compared with those of an alternative coupled Finite-Element-Boundary-Element (FE-BE) method that accounts for a tunnel in a multi-layered half-space. It is shown that the results of the two methods are in a good agreement for typical parameter values of a tunnel. The new method is computationally more efficient, i.e. requires significantly less running-time on a personal computer with much less use of memory.

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Published date: 2008
Venue - Dates: Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Railway Noise, Munich, Germany, 2007-09-04 - 2007-09-04
Keywords: numerical and computational methods in engineering, railway tunnel, vibration, PiP Model, multi-layered half-space, fast calculation
Organisations: Dynamics Group

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Local EPrints ID: 354584
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/354584
ISBN: 978-3-540-74892-2
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Author: M.F.M. Hussein
Author: H.E.M. Hunt
Author: L. Rikse
Author: S. Gupta
Author: G. Degrande
Author: J.P. Talbot
Author: S. Francois
Author: M. Schevenels
Editor: Burkhard Schulte-Werning
Editor: David Thompson
Editor: Pierre-Etienne Gautier
Editor: Carl Hanson
Editor: Brian Hemsworth
Editor: James Nelson
Editor: Tatsuo Maeda
Editor: Paul de Vos

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