Use of diaphragm walls to mitigate ground movements induced by tunnelling

Geotechnique

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-155

  Bilotta, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deformation; Tunnels

Indexed keywords

DIAPHRAGMS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; TUNNELING MACHINES; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

CENTRIFUGE TESTS; DIAPHRAGM WALLS; GROUND MOVEMENTS;

TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

DEFORMATION; DIAPHRAGM WALL; GROUND MOVEMENT; MITIGATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; TESTING METHOD; TUNNELING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 41449105005     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2008.58.2.143     Document Type: Article

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