Experimental and analytical study of friction forces during microtunneling operations

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-97

  Pellet Beaucour, A L ^a   Kastner, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Field monitoring; Friction forces; Microtunnelling

Indexed keywords

LOADS (FORCES); LUBRICATION; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

FRICTION FORCES;

FRICTION;

FIELD METHOD; FRICTION; MICROTUNNELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; PIPE JACKING;

EID: 0036077781     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-7798(01)00044-X     Document Type: Article

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