Developments and applications of the numerical analysis of tunnels in continuous media

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 13 SPEC. ISS., 1999, Pages 1393-1405

  Gioda, G ^a   Swoboda, G ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Continuous media; Numerical methods; Stress analysis; Tunnels

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; STRESS ANALYSIS; TUNNEL;

MINING ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CONTINUOUS MEDIA;

TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

EID: 0033237108     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9853(199911)23:13<1393::AID-NAG933>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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