Analysis of jacking forces during microtunnelling in limestone

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 668-683

  Barla, Marco ^a   Camusso, Marco ^a   Aiassa, Santina ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Desa srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Jacking forces; Limestone; Microtunnelling; Numerical analyses

Indexed keywords

BORING MACHINES (MACHINE TOOLS); FORCE MEASUREMENT; JACKS; LIMESTONE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PIPE; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

JACKING FORCES; LIMESTONE FORMATION; MICROTUNNELING; ROCK MASS;

TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

BORING MACHINES (MACHINE TOOLS); FORCE MEASUREMENT; JACKS; LIMESTONE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PIPE; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

BORING; LIMESTONE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICS; SITE INVESTIGATION; TUNNELING;

EID: 33745036325     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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