Elastoplastic analytical solutions for a shallow-buried circular tunnel in a semi-infinite medium

Tao Jiang; Lihui Xie; Chao Wang; Peiyuan He; Jinfeng Zou; Chunzhou Zhu; Fang Li

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0325194

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Elastoplastic analytical solutions for a shallow-buried circular tunnel in a semi-infinite medium

Tao Jiang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nanchang Rail Transit Group Co., Ltd., Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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Lihui Xie,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Metro Project Management Branch of Nanchang Rail Transit Group Limited Corporation, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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Chao Wang ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: wangchao214801069@yeah.net

Affiliation School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, People’s Republic of China

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7182-9291

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Peiyuan He,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation

Affiliation School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, People’s Republic of China
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Jinfeng Zou,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, People’s Republic of China
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Chunzhou Zhu,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation

Affiliation China Railway Shanghai Design Institute Group Co., Ltd., Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Fang Li

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation China Railway First Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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Elastoplastic analytical solutions for a shallow-buried circular tunnel in a semi-infinite medium

Tao Jiang,
Lihui Xie,
Chao Wang,
Peiyuan He,
Jinfeng Zou,
Chunzhou Zhu,
Fang Li

Published: May 28, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325194

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