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Analyzing the dynamic data of Mashhad metro line 1 tunnel using seismic table


Author: Mohammad Mehdi Norouzian*, Mohammad Sadigh Sarabi
Ministry of Road and Urban Planning, Uran Development & Revitalization Organization of Iran.
Published Date: 2023-12-05
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Keywords: Dynamic Analysis, Metro, Earthquake, Mashhad, Seismography.
Abstract:
Metro is a type of public transportation system with high capacity, which is mostly established in urban areas. Unlike a bus or a tram, the subway is a type of electric rail system that works on its special tracks, and pedestrians or any other vehicles do not have access to this track, and it mostly moves in tunnels or elevated non-level rails. Modern metro services are usually provided by electric self-propelled trains that run on railway tracks, although there are also some trains with rubber wheels or magnetic levitation. Metro stations are usually higher than the train tracks and do not have any stairs to the train. These platforms usually have a space compared to the train, so to reduce this space between the platform and the train, custom trains need to be built. As the second largest religious city in the world, Mashhad welcomes more than 22 million travelers every year. The comprehensive transport studies of Mashhad required 4 metro lines. Line 1 has been constructed and operated using the slow method, and Line 2 is in the operation stage. Line 2 of the Mashhad metro runs north-south and is 14 kilometers long, with a diameter of 9.43 meters, and passes through important parts of the city. This research, using a quantitative methodology and using a model tunnel, and a seismograph, has recorded the incoming earthquakes and predicted the resilience of this subway line in the city of Mashhad in 2024. For all the tunnel tests, the bending moment and deformations of the tunnel increase with the increase of the maximum base acceleration, but the location of the minimum and maximum values of the moment remain constant. The largest bending moment values appear in the middle of the crown and shoulder of circular tunnels. For the acceleration of A=0.27g, with the increase of the applied frequency to the system, the bending moment is constant or slightly decreases, but for A=0.43g, the maximum moment decreases strongly with the increase of the frequency.