Analysis of the corner effect on excavation behaviors

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 532-540

  Ou, Chang Yu ^a   Shiau, Bor Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corner effect; Deep excavation; Finite element method; Infinite element

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION;

EXCAVATION WALL DEFORMATION; GROUND SURFACE SETTLEMENT; INFINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EXCAVATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EXCAVATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUND MOVEMENT;

EID: 0032105298     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t98-013     Document Type: Article

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