Evaluation of ground convergence and squeezing potential in the TBM driven Ghomroud tunnel project

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 504-510

  Farrokh, Ebrahim ^a   Mortazavi, Ali ^b   Shamsi, Gholamreza ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c Univ/Teharan/Sahel consulting Eng   (Iran)

Author keywords

Convergence confinement method; Double shield TBM; Shield jamming; Squeezing ground; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

CONVERGENCE-CONFINEMENT METHOD; SHIELD JAMMING; SQUEEZING GROUND;

TUNNELS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); TUNNELS;

CONVERGENCE; TUNNELING;

EID: 33645133226     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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