Face stability of shallow circular tunnels driven under the water table: A numerical analysis

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-95

  De Buhan, P ^a   Cuvillier, A ^a   Dormieux, L ^a   Maghous, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; WATER SUPPLY TUNNELS;

FACE STABILITY; SHALLOW CIRCULAR TUNNELS; SOIL ANISOTROPIC PERMEABILITY; SOIL STRENGTH; WATER TABLE;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER CONTROL; SATURATED ZONE; SEEPAGE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TUNNELING;

EID: 0032934754     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9853(199901)23:1<79::AID-NAG960>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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