A New Technique for Simulation of Tunnel Excavation in a Centrifuge

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 343-349

  Sharma, J S ^a   Bolton, M D ^b   Boyle, R E ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centrifuge; Excavation; NATM; Physical modeling; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

AIR; CENTRIFUGES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; EXCAVATION; STIFFNESS; TUNNEL LININGS; ZINC CHLORIDE;

CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS; FLUID PRESSURES; NATM; NEW AUSTRIAN TUNNELING METHOD; PHYSICAL MODEL; POLYSTYRENE FOAMS; PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE; TUNNEL EXCAVATION;

TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

EID: 0042914951     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj11131j     Document Type: Article

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