Numerical prediction of the optimal shield tunneling strategy for tunnel construction in karst regions

• Zhen Liu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations School of Civil Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre for Major Infrastructure Safety, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0083-8754

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• Weihua Ming,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations School of Civil Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre for Major Infrastructure Safety, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

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• Jieming Li,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Guangdong Engineering Research Centre for Major Infrastructure Safety, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

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• Cuiying Zhou ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zhoucy@mail.sysu.edu.cn

  Affiliations School of Civil Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre for Major Infrastructure Safety, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

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• Lihai Zhang

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

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