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<p>In order to study the waterproof performance of elastic rubber gasket in shield tunnel lining joints, an innovative sensitivity analysis method is proposed by combining the Monte Carlo method with the stochastic finite element method (FEM) in this paper. The sensitivity values of the waterproof performance respecting to elastic rubber gaskets are obtained via the ANSYS Probabilistic Design System (PDS) module, in which the parameters of material hardness, coordinates of the hole center, apertures are selected as random input variables. Meantime, the extent of the tolerance effect of the random parameters on the waterproof performance is explored.</p>
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In order to study the waterproof performance of elastic rubber gasket in shield tunnel lining joints, an innovative sensitivity analysis method is proposed by combining the Monte Carlo method with the stochastic finite element method (FEM) in this paper. The sensitivity values of the waterproof performance respecting to elastic rubber gaskets are obtained via the ANSYS Probabilistic Design System (PDS) module, in which the parameters of material hardness, coordinates of the hole center, apertures are selected as random input variables. Meantime, the extent of the tolerance effect of the random parameters on the waterproof performance is explored.

Sensitivity Analysis of the Waterproof Performance of Elastic Rubber Gasket in Shield Tunnel

Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rail Infrastructure Durability and System Safety

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences

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In order to study the waterproof performance of elastic rubber gasket in shield tunnel lining joints, an innovative sensitivity analysis method is proposed by...

Sensitivity Analysis of the Waterproof Performance of Elastic Rubber Gasket in Shield Tunnel

Published Online: Mar 22, 2021

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Received: Dec 01, 2020

Accepted: Jan 31, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2021.1.00013

Keywords
elastic rubber gasket, sensitivity analysis, waterproof performance, Monte Carlo method, stochastic FEM

© 2024 Zhiqiang Wang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Sensitivity Analysis of the Waterproof Performance of Elastic Rubber Gasket in Shield Tunnel

Published Online: Mar 22, 2021

Page range: -

Received: Dec 01, 2020

Accepted: Jan 31, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2021.1.00013

Keywordselastic rubber gasket, sensitivity analysis, waterproof performance, Monte Carlo method, stochastic FEM

© 2024 Zhiqiang Wang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Keywords
elastic rubber gasket, sensitivity analysis, waterproof performance, Monte Carlo method, stochastic FEM