Supported excavations: Observational method and inverse modeling

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 826-836

  Finno, Richard J ^a   Calvello, Michele ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clays; Cold region; Construction methods; Deformation; Excavation; Illinois

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; EXCAVATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; INVERSE MODELING; OPTIMIZED PARAMETERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EXCAVATION;

EID: 22744442705     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:7(826)     Document Type: Article

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