2D and 3D upper bound solutions for tunnel excavation using 'elastic' flow fields

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1367-1374

  Klar, Assaf ^a   Osman, Ashraf S ^b   Bolton, Malcolm ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Plasticity; Stability problem; Tunnels; Upper bound

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; PLASTICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

THEORY OF ELASTICITY; UPPER BOUND SOLUTIONS;

TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

ELASTICITY; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; PLASTICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EXCAVATION; FLOW FIELD; PLASTICITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TUNNEL;

EID: 34848839812     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.597     Document Type: Article

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