Scientific Reports (Sep 2022)

Tunnel collapse risk assessment based on improved quantitative theory III and EW-AHP coupling weight

  • Li Li,
  • Bo Ni,
  • Shixin Zhang,
  • Yue Qiang,
  • Zhongxu Zhang,
  • Ling Zhou,
  • Gang Liu,
  • Longfei Cheng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19718-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Abstract It is a multi-criteria decision issue to conduct a risk assessment of the tunnel. In this paper, a tunnel collapse risk assessment model based on the improved theory of quantification III and the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method is proposed. According to the geological conditions and the construction disturbance classification method, the evaluation factors are selected, and the tunnel collapse risk level is divided into 5 levels according to the principle of maximum membership degree. The three groups of scores with the largest correlation ratio are calculated by the theory of quantification III to form the X, Y, and Z axes of the spatial coordinate system, The spatial distance of each evaluation factor is optimized by the Kendall correlation coefficient combined with the empirical formula, so that it can be used to judge the probability of the occurrence of the evaluation factor; taking the coupling of the objective entropy weight method (EW) and the subjective analytic hierarchy process (AHP) as the weight. Finally, the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method is used to determine the possibility classification of tunnel collapse. Taking the Ka-Shuang water diversion tunnel as a case study, the comparison between the evaluation results of 10 tunnel samples and the status quo of the actual engineering area verifies the reliability of the method.