Application of nonlinear optimization technique to back analyses of deep excavation

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 276-290

  Tang, Yu Geng ^a   Kung, Gordon Tung Chin ^b  

^a HWA HSIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Braced excavation; Clay; Finite element method; Optimization; Stiffness; Wall deflection

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

AUXILIARY TECHNIQUES; BACK ANALYSES; BRACED EXCAVATION; BUILDING DAMAGES; CASE HISTORIES; CONVERGENCE AND STABILITIES; DEEP EXCAVATIONS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT CODES; NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATIONS; SOIL PARAMETERS; TARGET PARAMETERS; WALL DEFLECTION; WALL DEFLECTIONS;

EXCAVATION;

BACK ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXCAVATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS;

EID: 56949106832     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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