China Safety Science Journal ›› 2026, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 123-131.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2026.04.0085

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Resilience assessment and prediction of metro shield tunnels under explosive conditions

Wang Rui1(), Zhang Xun1, Deng Xianghui1,**(), Wang Ping'an2, Wang Xu1, Zhang Wei3   

  1. 1 Civil and Architecture Engineering, Xi'an Technology University, Xi'an Shaanxi 710021, China
    2 China Railway 20th Bureau Group Corporation Limited, Xi'an Shaanxi 710016, China
    3 China Railway Construction Urban Construction Transportation Development Corporation Limited, Suzhou Jiangsu 215000, China
  • Received:2025-11-14 Revised:2026-02-05 Online:2026-04-28 Published:2026-10-28
  • Contact: Deng Xianghui

Abstract:

To ensure the operational and structural safety of the subway system, an assessment of the resilience of metro shield tunnels under explosive loading was conducted. A resilience assessment framework and grading criteria for shield tunnels under blast loading were established, and a resilience prediction model was developed based on a backpropagation (BP) neural network with a three-input, five-hidden-layer, single-output architecture. This model and evaluation approach were applied in a case study on the Xi'an Metro Line 1 to assess and predict the tunnel's resilience. The results indicate that a shorter standoff distance, a higher explosive yield, and a higher number of explosions each accelerate the decline in the tunnel's resilience. The resilience exhibited the most pronounced drop after the first explosion; the subsequent rate of decline was relatively gradual until the fifth explosion, after which it increased significantly. After the fifth explosion, the tunnel entered a low-resilience state requiring prompt repairs to meet operational requirements, and by the seventh explosion, the resilience had fallen to an extremely low level that could no longer ensure operational safety. The resilience assessment framework and prediction model developed in this study can be used to assess the safety status of metro shield tunnels under repeated external explosions.

Key words: explosions effect, metro shield tunnels, resilience assessment, back propagation(BP) neural network, resilience prediction

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