Predictions and observations of convergence in shallow tunnels: Case histories in Greece

Engineering Geology

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 333-345

  Kontogianni, Villy A ^a   Stiros, Stathis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Characteristic line; FEM; Geodetic observation; GSI; Predictions

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOLOGY; ROCKS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

SHALLOW TUNNELS;

TUNNELS;

CONVERGENCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRAIN; STRENGTH; TUNNEL; TUNNEL DESIGN; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

GREECE;

EID: 0036501687     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(01)00094-1     Document Type: Article

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