With the development and utilization of underground spaces, subways and tunnels are often located in poor underground environments subject to problems with water and mud bursts. To reduce project losses, areas of gushing water must be isolated as soon as possible to enable repairs. To accomplish this isolation, the installation of a rubber airbag in a tunnel as a temporary retaining structure…
In China, there are 15,181 highway tunnels with a total length of 14,039.7 km have been put into service by 2016. Tunnel lining cracks is the most critical risk, therefore, how to control the structural safety of highway tunnels has become one of the prominent issues. In this paper, effects of length, width, depth and position of highway tunnel lining cracks on the safety of lining structure ha…