Rock failure during tunnel excavation is still a matter of concern. The influence groundwater generally taken into account along discontinuities or in “soil-like” formations. However, brittle saturated porous rocks can be subject to undrained conditions excavation. Negative effective stresses develop close the boundary. This study aims at identifying limit pore pressure rock around tunnel, whic...

the effect of underground cavities in site seismic response was studied over the subway tunnels that are under construction in the city of karaj, using ambient noise measurements as well as numerical modeling. the idea for this research comes from the observation of differences in experimental site transfer function, calculated on more than 100 locations of the city, for the areas near the unde...

The aim of this study is to detect and visualise the influence span-wise coherence on propagating sound waves emanating from a flow around circular cylinders with variations local radius. Synchronous particle image velocimetry (PIV) microphone measurements are performed in wind tunnel nozzle size 0.4 m×0.4 m at maximum speed U∞ = 43m s−1 . test section surrounded by full anechoic chamber approx...

The lining structure of Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) excavated tunnels is composed of series of precast Reinforced Concrete (RC) pieces which are called segment. At the present paper, a novel method is introduced for seismic retrofitting of segmental tunnels located at active fault zones in rock environment with case study of Amirkabir dam to Tehran water transfer tunnel (Karadj tunnel). The mai...

abstract   background: the pathophysiology of carpal tunnel syndrome is associated with increased intracarpal canal pressure. recently, palmaris longus has been introduced as an independent risk factor for the development of carpal tunnel syndrome. the purpose of this study was to assess the association of carpal tunnel syndrome with the presence of palmaris longus tendon and functional superfi...