From micron-sized needle-shaped hydrates to meter-sized shotcrete tunnel shells: Micromechanical upscaling of stiffness and strength of hydrating shotcrete

Acta Geotechnica

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 273-294

  Pichler, Bernhard ^a   Scheiner, Stefan ^a   Hellmich, Christian ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Hydration; Micromechanics; New Austrian tunneling method; Shotcrete; Strength; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

CEMENT (CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL); FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROMECHANICS; SHOTCRETE; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH; STRESS ANALYSIS; TUNNEL; UPSCALING;

EID: 56749163348     PISSN: 18611125     EISSN: 18611133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11440-008-0074-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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