The effect of air flow on the shear strength of soil in compressed-air tunneling

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1187-1200

  Javadi, A A ^a   Snee, C P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air flow; Compressed air tunneling; Shear strength; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRENGTH;

AIR PRESSURE; COMPRESSED-AIR TUNNELING;

SOIL MECHANICS;

AIR FLOW; COMPRESSED AIR; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL STRENGTH; TUNNELING; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 0035544783     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cgj-38-6-1187     Document Type: Article

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