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excessive tunneling—induced soil movement or collapse.However,the selection and control of appropriate support 9i,QCA
pressure is difficult due to variation of soil conditions and uncerlainty in construction.Support pressure should be ]1abz:
controlled SO that it is not SO low as to cause face collapse and not SO high as to induce ground hogging.Numerical WTY{sq\'
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simulation is employed to study how the soil parameter and ground water affect the support pressure,and to give the 0-l
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Keywords:shield tunnel;excavati‘on face;numerical solution;support pressure