Building a deep isolating wall by an existing rail tunnel

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-226

  Molins, Climent ^a   Ledesma, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diaphragm walls; Field testing monitoring; Retaining walls

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HOSPITALS; RETAINING WALLS; SUBWAYS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BEDROCK; DIAPHRAGM WALLS; FIELD TESTING &MONITORING; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUBWAY TUNNEL;

RAILROAD TUNNELS;

RETAINING WALL; TUNNEL;

EID: 33745866878     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: 13532618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geng.2006.159.3.219     Document Type: Article

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