Stability analysis of large slurry shield-driven tunnel in soft clay

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 472-481

  Li, Y ^a,c   Emeriault, F ^b   Kastner, R ^b   Zhang, Z X ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c China Shipbuilding NDRI Engineering Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Face stability; Global stability; Local stability; Partial failure; Slurry shield driven tunnel; Upper bound theory

Indexed keywords

FACE STABILITY; GLOBAL STABILITY; LOCAL STABILITY; PARTIAL FAILURE; SLURRY SHIELD-DRIVEN TUNNEL; UPPER BOUND THEORY;

CLAY MINERALS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUNNELS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAILURE MECHANISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLURRY; SOFT CLAY; SOIL MECHANICS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TUNNEL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 64749095042     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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