Abstract:Relying on Zhuhai Xingye Expressway Project, the vertical net distance between overlapped tunnels are analyzed from the aspects of anti-floating and deformation effects. The result shows that the influence of the upside tunnel excavation on the lower tunnel is small when the vertical net distance is controlled at 0.5D(D is the diameter of lower tunnel). Based on the finite element analysis, when the upside tunnel is excavated, the unloading of soil is beneficial to the stress of lower tunnel segments. However, it is a dynamic stress redistribution issue with uncertainty.