Study of bifurcation in the problem of unloading a circular excavation in a strain-softening material

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 311-322

  Varas, F ^a   Alonso, E ^a   Alejano, L R ^a   Fdez Manin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Ground reaction curves for tunnels; Non homogeneous deformation modes; Strain softening behaviour

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; GEOTEXTILES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

CIRCULAR EXCAVATIONS; GROUND REACTION CURVES; ROCK MASSES; STRAIN-SOFTENING ROCK MASS;

EXCAVATION;

TUNNELING;

EID: 18144364710     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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