Numerical modeling and monitoring analysis of Heroísmo station, Metro do Porto

P. Ferreira, T. Sousa, P. Silva, H. Vasconcelos, Niels Nielsen Foged, L. Ribeiro e Sousa

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    Abstract

    Metro do Porto is a major light rail infrastructure built in the city of Porto and surrounding municipalities. In Porto's downtown, classified by UNESCO as World Heritage, the metro was built underground. From a technical point of view, one of the most challenging underground metro stations due to the geomechanical unique heterogeneous characteristics of the granite rock mass in the Heroísmo station. This station was the first to be built. To better understand the behaviour and interaction of the structures with the surrounding rock masses numerical models were carried out. The geomechanical properties of the granite formations were given by the designer and also obtained through the software GEOPAT. The models' outputs were compared with the monitored results in order to validate the structural behaviour of the underground station.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication11th Congress of the International Society for Rock Mechanics
    Volume2
    Publication date2007
    Pages967-970
    ISBN (Print)978-0-415-45084-3
    Publication statusPublished - 2007
    Event11th Congress of the International Society for Rock Mechanics - Lisbon, Portugal
    Duration: 9 Jul 200713 Jul 2007
    Conference number: 11
    http://www.isrm.net/gca/index.php?id=876

    Conference

    Conference11th Congress of the International Society for Rock Mechanics
    Number11
    Country/TerritoryPortugal
    CityLisbon
    Period09/07/200713/07/2007
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