Abstract:During the tunnel construction, the water inrush disasters often occur, posing a huge threat to the safety of tunnel excavation. Taking a tunnel section of Qingdao Metro as the engineering background, a new method for evaluating the risk level of water inrush disasters in shield tunnels has been developed by establishing a cloud model for the rating layer and dynamically mapping the risk membership degree. Key evaluation indicators are screened, and various hazard-causing factors are quantitatively characterized. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used to construct a judgment matrix among indicators. By establishing a cloud model for the rating layers, the membership degree of the comprehensive evaluation grade is made more objective. The research results indicate that the risk assessment of water inrush in Qingdao subway tunnels has verified the reliability of the risk level indicators and evaluation methods for shield tunnel water inrush disasters, which provides new ideas and suggestions for effectively preventing water inrush disasters in tunnel construction projects.