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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Earth Sci.
Sec. Geohazards and Georisks
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/feart.2025.1583402
This article is part of the Research TopicEvolution Mechanism and Prevention Technology of Karst Geological Engineering DisastersView all 8 articles
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With the increasing scale and complexity of underground construction, ensuring the safety of deep foundation pit engineering has become a critical challenge. This paper introduces a data-driven dynamic safety assessment framework for deep foundation pit construction. By integrating grey clustering theory and the moment estimation composite weights, the framework address uncertainties and incompleteness in monitoring data. The study aims to enhance the accuracy and timeliness of risk assessments during excavation processes. The methodology constructs a three-level dynamic safety assessment index system, including 21 indicators. These indicators are categorized into three groups: structural deformation, structural internal forces, and environmental safety factors. Subjective weights are assigned using the order relationship analysis method, while objective weights are calculated via the entropy weight method. These weights are optimized into composite weights using the moment estimation method to ensure scientific rigor and objectivity. Grey clustering analysis classifies safety levels dynamically based on real-time monitoring data. Validation through a case study of a large-scale water diversion shaft project in Shenzhen demonstrates the framework's applicability and reliability. Results show consistent alignment between computed safety indices and observed field performance, effectively identifying critical risks at different excavation stages.
Keywords: Deep foundation pit, Monitoring data, Dynamic safety assessment, Grey clustering theory, Composite weights
Received: 25 Feb 2025; Accepted: 10 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Dang, LI, Zou, Li, Cheng, Chang and Lu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Zeliang LI, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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