Ground Engineering Support Structure

Author: Xu Gancheng
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Underground engineering support structures are widely used in various types of construction, transportation, water conservancy, mining, municipal, national defense, and civil air defense projects. The development of theory for underground engineering support structures has a history of over 100 years, with decades of experience in China. The calculation theory of underground engineering support structures can be divided into traditional support calculation theories based on known ground pressure loads and modern support calculation theories represented by numerical analysis methods such as the New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM), finite element methods, and boundary element methods, all grounded in rock mechanics principles. Additionally, based on the study of the constitutive relationships of geotechnical materials and macroscopic rock mass mechanical parameters, many new mechanical models and computational methods for elastic, plastic, and viscous materials have been established. Furthermore, new technologies that utilize on-site measurements to feedback field monitoring information into design and construction have been developed.
Underground Engineering Support Structures is a teaching textbook written for undergraduate and graduate students of the Underground Construction program at the former Air Force Engineering College. It has been expanded, revised, and enhanced with some of the latest design content in the field of underground engineering and recent research findings by the author. The book covers the following topics: fundamental knowledge of rock pressure theory, elastic-plastic analytical and numerical calculation methods for support structures, information-based design methods that combine engineering analogy, theoretical analysis, and on-site monitoring, design characteristics and methods for semi-covered structures, straight wall arch structures, and oil tank structures, calculations for composite lining structures, and reliability calculations for bolted shotcrete support structures. These contents reflect the current technical level of design theory and application in underground engineering support structures.
The book is rich in content, well-documented, illustrated with visuals, and both novel and practical. The language is concise, straightforward, and fluent, making it a valuable scientific treatise for technical personnel engaged in underground engineering design, construction, teaching, and research. It is believed that the publication of this book will be beneficial to a broad audience of civil and geotechnical engineering professionals, and the author is delighted to write the preface for it.