Finite element modelling of excavation and advancement processes of a shield tunnelling machine

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 37-52

  Komiya, Kazuhito ^a,b   Soga, Kenichi ^b   Akagi, Hirokazu ^c   Hagiwara, Toshiyuki ^d   Bolton, Malcolm D ^a  

^a CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Nishimatsu Construction   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohesive soil; Deformation; Finite element method; Stress; Tunnel; Water pressure (IGC: H5 E13)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002282690     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.39.3_37     Document Type: Article

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