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دراسة أثر الشقوق في سلوك بطانة الأنفاق البيتونية
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تعد الأنفاق من المنشآت المهمة و ذات الكلفة العالية و لذلك فمن الضروري مراقبتها و تقييم أدائها و تحليل سلوكها الإنشائي من أجل الحفاظ على سلامتها خلال مدة الاستثمار. قمنا في هذه الدراسة بعرض حالة أنفاق السكك الحديدية الموجودة في سورية و التي تقع على محور حلب-اللاذقية، و ذلك من خلال المعاينة الحقلية التي أظهرت وجود تشققات في بطانة هذه الأنفاق. و اعتمدنا في نمذجة و تحليل البطانة المتشققة طريقة النمذجة العددية المعروفة بطريقة العناصر المميزة التي تسمح بدراسة الأوساط غير المستمرة. و ركزنا في دراستنا على نوعية البيتون المستخدم من خلال معامل المرونة و سماكة البطانة البيتونية. و تبين نتيجة التحليل أن وجود الشقوق أدى إلى تغير في توزع الأجهادات و الانتقالات في المقطع المدروس. و هذا التغير يرتبط بمرونة البيتون و الخصائص الميكانيكية للشق.
Tunnels are usually considered as important and costly constructions and therefore it is very necessary to estimate their performance and analyze their structural behavior to maintain their safety in order to ensure their reliability and performance during their hypothetical life. In this issue we reviewed the situation of Syrian railway tunnels on Aleppo – Lattakia axis from the field observations which show that these tunnel linings are cracked. The numerical method, which is known as Distinct Element Method, was used in the analysis of cracked lining. This method performs modeling of discontinuous systems. We focused in this study on the concrete type through elasticity modulus and lining thickness. The result analysis shows that the effects of cracks modify the distribution of stresses and displacements in the lining. This modification is related to concrete elasticity modulus and mechanical crack characteristics.
References used
Bickel, J.; E. King, and T. Kuesel, Tunnel Engineering Handbook, Second Edition, Chapman & Hall, New York, 1996
UIC Code 779-10R, Maintenance of Existing Railway Tunnels, International Union of Railways, 1990
Szechy, Karoly. 'The art of tunneling', the university of technical science, Budapest, 1973
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The research was conducted on hybrid Squash (Nancy F1) at Tishreen University in
the growing season of spring 2013 in order to study the effect of ground covering and low
tunnels on the early production of squash. The study consisted of four experi
mental
treatments: the control (without covering) and three covering treatments (ground covering
using black mulch, ground covering with a low plastic tunnel, and a low plastic tunnel
without ground covering). The completely randomized design was used with three
replications per treatment and ten plants per replication. The results showed that the
covering with a low plastic tunnel was superior to other treatments, resulting in a clear
increase in female flowers, the ratio of female flowers to the total flowers, fruit number,
and plant production. The results also showed a strong positive correlation between the
plant production and the number of female flowers (r=0.999), the number of fruit per plant
(r=0.999), the ratio of female flowers to the total flowers (r=0.990) and the total number of
flowers (0.995). The correlation with male flowers was however negative (r=-0.954).
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force. The length of the crack is necessary
for calculating intensity stress factor and the critical crack opening under maximum force.
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using 2D finite element analysis. By assuming greenfield conditions, which means that
there is no loads on the soil surface above the tunnel.
A FE study was conducted
in which an elasto-plastic constitutive model was adopted
to model the soil behavior (MC,HS).
This paper include Comparison between actual field measurements with (FEM)
results, and parametric study for the most factors that influence ground surface settlement.
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