Research Article

Risk Assessment of Shield Tunnel Construction in Karst Strata Based on Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process and Cloud Model

Table 3

Risk level classification criteria for evaluation indices.

Serial numberAssessment indicesRisk level
IIIIIIIV

U11Karst distribution characteristicsVery homogeneousHomogeneousInhomogeneousVery inhomogeneous
U12Degree of karst developmentUndevelopedSlightly developedModerate developedStrongly developed
U13Scale of cave development (m)[0, 3)[3, 5)[5, 10)[10, +∞)
U14Stability of the cave roofVery stableStableUnstableVery unstable
U15Cave filling situationCompletely filledPartially filledEmptyFilled by karst water
U21Groundwater level (m)[0, 10)[10, 20)[20, 40)[40, +∞)
U22Underground water richnessPoorSlightModerateRich
U23Seasonal distribution of rainfallVery homogeneousHomogeneousConcentratedVery concentrated
U31Shield tunnel length (m)(0, 500](500, 1000](1000, 3000](3000, +∞)
U32Tunnel buried depth (m)(+∞, 20](20, 10](10, 5](5, 0]
U33Ratio of tunnel burial depth to shield diameter(+∞, 3](3, 2](2, 1](1, 0)
U34Maximum slope of tunnel (‰)(0, 25](25, 30](30, 35](35, 40]
U41Tunnel supportVery reasonableReasonableUnreasonableVery unreasonable
U42Distance of shield tunneling test (m)[200, 300][100, 200)[50, 100)[0, 50)
U43Shield tunneling speed (Loops/day)(0, 5](5, 10](10, 15](15, 20]
U44Grouting pressure (MPa)[0.15, 0.25)[0.25, 0.634)[0.634, 1)[1, +∞)
U45Distance of shield deviation from design axis (mm)[0, 10)[10, 30)[30, 50)[50, +∞)