Abstract:During shield tunneling, the surrounding soil will be disturbed and deformed. When the deformation reaches a certain degree, it will endanger the normal use of adjacent buildings. Based on the finite difference software FLAC3D, a three-dimensional numerical calculation model is established to simulate the impact of shield tunneling on adjacent existing buildings under the working conditions of different adjacent distances and different building storey heights. The settlement of existing buildings is selected as an index for analysis. The settlement change curve of existing buildings under different working conditions is fitted and compared with the field actual monitoring data. The research results show that under the working conditions of different adjacent distances, with the increase of shield tunneling progress, the settlement of existing buildings increases gradually. With the increase of the adjacent distance, the settlement of the building decreases gradually at the same construction step, and the settlement rate decreases gradually. The settlement of existing buildings increases gradually with the increase of shield tunneling progress under different storey height conditions; With the increase of the building height, the settlement of the building first increases and then decreases at the same construction step. The main influence area on adjacent buildings during shield tunneling is about 1.6 times the outer diameter of the tunnel. The research results can provide reference for similar shield tunneling constructions.