The influence of pre-failure soil stiffness on the numerical analysis of tunnel construction

Geotechnique

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 693-712

  Addenbrooke, T I ^a   Potts, D M ^a   Puzrin, A M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Constitutive relations; Ground movements; Numerical modelling and analysis; Settlement; Tunnels

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CONSTRUCTION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MECHANICS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; TUNNELS;

DISPLACEMENT; GROUND MOVEMENT; LOAD REVERSAL EFFECTS; MEAN EFFECTIVE STRESS; SHEAR MODULUS;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

GROUND MOVEMENT; PLANE STRAIN; PRE-FAILURE BEHAVIOUR; STIFFNESS; TUNNELLING;

UK, ENGLAND, LONDON, JUBILEE LINE EXTENSION;

EID: 0031211265     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1997.47.3.693     Document Type: Article

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