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Shield tunneling is very common in urban tunnel construction, which often leads to surface settlement in the process of crossing complex geological conditions, thus affecting the safety and operation stability of surrounding buildings and other structures.In order to systematically sort out the research progress and development trend of ground subsidence caused by shield excavation, this paper uses bibliometric analysis and visualization technology to comprehensively analyze the research literature on "ground subsidence caused by shield tunnel construction" in recent years.Through the statistics and induction of highly cited literature, core journals, keywords and the evolution path of research topics, it is revealed that the hot topics in this research field are concentrated on the integrated application of settlement prediction model, construction disturbance mechanism, multi-source monitoring technology and intelligent algorithm.The research results show that in recent years, the research scale in this field has continued to expand, the trend of intelligence has become increasingly obvious, and the international cooperation has gradually strengthened. This paper can provide theoretical reference and technical support for the control of ground settlement caused by shield tunnel construction, and provide data basis and research direction guidance for subsequent research.
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