Journal Published Online: 14 April 2026
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Life-Cycle Structural Performance Prediction of Undersea Tunnel Suffering Chloride Attacks

CODEN: JTEVAB

Abstract

Undersea tunnels inevitably experience structural performance degradation due to chloride-induced damage and require appropriate evaluation of performance. This paper proposes a practical framework to evaluate the life-cycle structural performance, using the Markov chain model-based stochastic method and major deterioration analysis for global and local performance, respectively. The framework was successfully employed to diagnose a 50 years old immersed tunnel suffering chloride damage, and as a result the global and local structural performance over 100 years was clarified, and the rational repair countermeasure was considered more easily. In addition, the life-cycle structural performance can be evaluated more rationally by integrating the stochastic method and the chloride-induced rebar corrosion analysis. Conclusively, the proposed framework may be expected as an effective and useful solution to predict life-cycle performance of tunnel under chloride attacks.

Author Information

Wang, Jianhong
School of Qilu Transportation, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
Chen, Chaojun
School of Qilu Transportation, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
Diao, Qianteng
School of Qilu Transportation, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
Tan, Minglun
Qingdao Guoxin Second Jiaozhou Bay Subsea Tunnel Co, Itd., Qingdao, Shandong, China
Nakano, Masaaki
Center for Advanced Research, Research and Development Center, Nippon Koei Co. Ltd., Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Stock #: JTE20250548
ISSN: 0090-3973
DOI: 10.1520/JTE20250548