Prediction and analysis of subsidence induced by shield tunnelling in the Madrid Metro extension

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1273-1287

  Melis, Manuel ^a   Medina, Luis ^a   Rodríguez, José Ma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ground movements; Monitoring; Numerical modelling and analysis; Settlement; Tunnels

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

CONSTRUCTION METHODS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

GROUND MOVEMENT; METRO SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBSIDENCE; TUNNELING;

SPAIN;

EID: 0036027008     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t02-073     Document Type: Article

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