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Cloud numerical computing: Informative support calculation for railway tunnels using data-driven numerical simulation and blocking sub-threaded HTTP protocol

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Shuo Yuan
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Yu Li
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Hao Zhong
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Ming-Nian Wang *
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Si-Ming Tian
DOI:10.1016/j.tust.2025.107103delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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This study introduces a cloud-native framework that alleviates the intricate workflows, limited real-time performance, and heavy software dependency inherent in conventional tunnel-support analyses. A purely data-driven surrogate, trained on 4,933 heterogeneous tunnel sections, replaces time-consuming finite-difference simulations. Latin-hypercube sampling was used to populate the design space and to train a single full-section model that jointly predicts all stability indices. Displacement errors typically fall between 1.3 mm and 2.1 mm, with safety-factor errors around 0.11, while inference is approximately 100 times faster than finite-difference solutions. A lightweight blocking multi-thread HTTP service encapsulates the model, delivering real-time support-design feedback via standard web browsers. The proposed approach lowers the technical threshold of tunnel-support analysis and provides an efficient, real-time numerical computing solution for tunnelling in complex geological conditions.
Keywords:
Tunnel support
Automated computation
Numerical simulation
Cloud computing

Journal

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology cover
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
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Southwest Jiaotong University
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