Productivity study of microtunneling pipe installation using simulation

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-260

  Luo, Roy Yu ^a   Najafi, Mohammad ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Microtunneling; Pipes; Productivity; Regression analysis; Simulation; Trenchless technology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH BORING MACHINES; PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MECHANICS; TRENCHING;

MICROTUNNELING; SUBSURFACE CONDITION;

PIPELINE LAYING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH BORING MACHINES; PERSONNEL; PIPELINE LAYING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MECHANICS; TRENCHING;

BORING; FIELD METHOD; INSTALLATION; PIPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY; TUNNELING;

EID: 34548165524     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0342(2007)13:3(247)     Document Type: Article

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