Method of Seismic Performance Evaluation on the Existing Railway Tunnel
Recently, Seismic design criteria for major domestic structures has been being improved constantly, because the importance of seismic design for major public infrastructures is largely recognized. A preliminary assessment of the seismic performance on the existing railway tunnel, a precedent task before conducting a detailed assessment, can be use as the standard of judgement to decide whether to perform a detailed assessment or not. On the other hand, There are no reasonable study in this area. In this study, an assessment method was presented to evaluate a seismic performance of the existing railway tunnels which seismic design are not performed more economically and rationally.