OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Underground Space is 15. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Fatigue damage analysis of ballastless slab track in heavy-haul railway tunnels	169
Regional characterization of vs30 with hybrid geotechnical and geological data	168
Hydraulic head difference at two sides of suspended waterproof curtain during multi-grade dewatering of excavation	116
Effect of ventilation on thermal and humidity environment of the underground utility tunnel in the plum rain season in southern China: Field measurement and CFD simulation	99
Key features of numerical models for the FE-simulation of deep tunnel advance by the NATM	86
Experimental study on cyclic deformation properties of saturated Fujian sand at different loading frequencies	84
Seismic response of deep circular tunnels subjected to S-waves: Axial bending	76
Evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions in subway tunnel construction	74
Soft computing approach for prediction of surface settlement induced by earth pressure balance shield tunneling	64
Refined model analysis of basement rock degradation mechanism of heavy-haul railway tunnel	59
Review of transparent soil model testing technique for underground construction: Ground visualization and result digitalization	58
Case study on the seismic response of a subway station combined with a flyover	55
Novel pipe-roof method for a super shallow buried and large-span metro underground station	55
Analysis of the influence of geometrical parameters of circular steel pipe with flange plate on the jacking force	53
Seismic response of tunnel near fault fracture zone under incident SV waves	53
Investigating low-permeability sandstone based on physical experiments and predictive modeling	48
Effect of defects and remediation measures on the internal forces caused by a local thickness reduction in the tunnel lining	46
Seismic behaviors of utility tunnel-soil system: With and without joint connections	44
Tunnels in squeezing clay-rich rocks	41
Dynamic strain field for granite specimen under SHPB impact tests based on stress wave propagation	41
Field measurement analysis of the influence of simultaneous construction of river channel and bridge on existing double shield tunnels	40
Influence of traffic on the temperature field of tunnel in cold region: A case study on the world's longest highway spiral tunnel	39
Deformation monitoring and remote analysis of ultra-deep underground space excavation	37
Reliability-based robust geotechnical design of braced excavations considering multiple failure modes	36
Study on disc cutter chipping of TBM based on field data and particle flow code simulation	36

Numerical prediction of ground vibrations induced by LPG boiling liquid expansion vapour explosion (BLEVE) inside a road tunnel	35
Pseudo-dynamic analysis of a 3D tunnel face in inclined weak strata	35
Fractional viscoelastic solution of stratum displacement of a shallow tunnel under the surface slope condition	35
Analytical solutions of limit support pressure and vertical earth pressure on cutting face for tunnels	34
Analytical solutions of ground settlement induced by yaw in a space curved shield tunnel	34
Investigation of cracking mechanism of the first tunnel lining during double-arch tunnel construction	33
Analysis of energy pile groups subjected to non-uniform thermal loadings	33
Performance-based three-level fortification goal and its application in anti-dislocation countermeasures: A case study of Shantou Submarine tunnel	31
Shear behaviour of anchored jointed rock mass under different engineering conditions considering damage and joint surface morphology	30
Influence of erosion voids and traffic loads on buried large-diameter reinforced concrete pipes	29
Adaptive mutation sparrow search algorithm-Elman-AdaBoost model for predicting the deformation of subway tunnels	29
Assessing clogging potential and optimizing driving parameter of slurry shield tunneling in clay stratum assisted with CFD-DEM modeling	29
Performance of double-arch tunnels under internal BLEVE	29
Experimental investigation on rockburst characteristics of highly stressed D-shape tunnel subjected to impact load	28
Evaluation of the effect of using fiber reinforcement in tunnel linings for metro projects	28
Novel stacking models based on SMOTE for the prediction of rockburst grades at four deep gold mines	28
Grouting-induced ground heave and building damage in tunnel construction: A case study of Shenzhen metro	28
Study on influencing factors and prediction of peak particle velocity induced by roof pre-split blasting in underground	27
Numerical investigation on arching effect surrounding deep cylindrical shaft during excavation process	27
Book Review	26
Analytical solution for tunnelling-induced response of an overlying pipeline considering gap formation	26
Analytical model of vertical load acting on jacked pipe considering soil arching effect in cohesionless soil	25
Combined prediction of rockburst based on multiple factors and stacking ensemble algorithm	25
Experimental study on the effect of flexible joints of a deep-buried tunnel across an active fault under high in-situ stress conditions	25
Face stability analysis of large shield-driven tunnel in rock-soil interface composite formations	24
Pseudo-discontinuum model to simulate hard-rock mine pillars	24
Automatic tunnel lining crack detection via deep learning with generative adversarial network-based data augmentation	23
Unpacking data-centric geotechnics	23
Stability prediction of underground entry-type excavations based on particle swarm optimization and gradient boosting decision tree	22
Immersive visualization of 3D subsurface ground model developed from sparse boreholes using virtual reality (VR)	22
Attention-based LSTM predictive model for the attitude and position of shield machine in tunneling	22
Experimental investigation and limit analysis of shield tunnel face failure mechanism in sand	22
Influence of cutterhead opening ratio on soil arching effect and face stability during tunnelling through non-uniform soils	22
Model-based offline reinforcement learning framework for optimizing tunnel boring machine operation	22
Erratum for previously published articles	22
Use of GIS and BIM for the integration of tunnel design and construction process in conventional tunneling	22
Longitudinal mechanical response of tunnels under active normal faulting	22
Multi-source data integration and multi-scale modeling framework for progressive prediction of complex geological interfaces in tunneling	21
Horizontal convergence reconstruction in the longitudinal direction for shield tunnels based on conditional random field	21
Determination of groundwater buoyancy reduction coefficient in clay: Model tests, numerical simulations and machine learning methods	21
Fluid-solid coupling numerical simulation of micro-disturbance grouting treatment for excessive deformation of shield tunnel	20
Deep learning to evaluate seismic-induced soil liquefaction and modified transfer learning between various data sources	20
Hydrothermal interactions in energy walls	20
Influence of secondary lining thickness on mechanical behaviours of double-layer lining in large-diameter shield tunnels	20
Numerical modeling for a simulated rockburst experiment using LS-DYNA	20
Vertical-well-assisted SAGD dilation process in heterogeneous super-heavy oil reservoirs: Numerical simulations	20
Undrained stability of active trapdoors in two-layered clays	19
Underground space use of urban built-up areas in the central city of Nanjing: Insight based on a dynamic population distribution	19
A review of unloading-induced fault instability	19
Estimation of the TBM advance rate under hard rock conditions using XGBoost and Bayesian optimization	19

A practical ANN model for predicting the excavation-induced tunnel horizontal displacement in soft soils	18
Mechanism and preventive measures of slurry leakage at shield tail brushes under abnormal shutdown condition—A case study	18
Analytical method for the mechanical response of buried pipeline under the action of strike-slip faulting	18
Intelligent rockburst prediction model with sample category balance using feedforward neural network and Bayesian optimization	18
Ground vibration analysis under combined seismic and high-speed train loads	18
The analysis of the optimal scalar and vector intensity measurements for seismic performance assessment of deep-buried hydraulic arched tunnels	17
Novel numerical model to simulate water seepage through segmental gasketed joints of underwater shield tunnels considering the superimposed seepage squeezing effect	17
Reliability assessment of deep excavations in spatially random cohesion weakening friction strengthening massive rocks: Application to nuclear repositories	17
A simulation-based software to support the real-time operational parameters selection of tunnel boring machines	17
Planning an adaptive reuse development of underutilized urban underground infrastructures: A case study of Qingdao, China	17
Dynamic response of water-rich tunnel subjected to plane P wave considering excavation induced damage zone	17
Influence of disturbance degree on the propped excavation stability in sandy soil in Shenyang, China	17
Effect of seepage on soil arching effect in deep shield tunnel	17
Effect of pipe installation and external load on buried steel pipe responses: Experimental and numerical investigations	17
Dynamic prediction of over-excavation gap due to posture adjustment of shield machine in soft soil	16
Analytical model for the sealant performance of tunnel gasketed joints based on multi-scale contact and percolation theories	16
A review of fracture mechanic behaviors of rocks containing various defects	16
Mechanism analysis of foam penetration in EPB shield tunnelling with a focus on FER and soil particle size	15
Multiscale method for identifying and marking the multiform fractures from visible-light rock-mass images	15
Hybrid stacking ensemble algorithm and simulated annealing optimization for stability evaluation of underground entry-type excavations	15