A numerical study of the effect of soil and grout material properties and cover depth in shield tunnelling

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 33, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 234-247

  Kasper, Thomas ^a   Meschke, Günther ^b  

^a COWI A/S ^*  (Denmark)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Finite element method; Grouting; Parametric studies; Sensitivities; Shield tunnelling; Soft soil

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; TUNNEL LININGS;

GROUT MATERIAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; SHIELD TUNNELING; SOFT SOIL;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CAM-CLAY MODEL; COHESIVE SOIL; CONSOLIDATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUTING; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFT SOIL; TBM; TUNNEL LINING; TUNNELING;

EID: 33747775466     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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