A study on the effects of overlying soil strata on the stresses developing in a tunnel lining

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 716-722

  Nunes, M A ^a   Meguid, M A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Excavation; Lining stresses; Overlying strata; Tunnelling

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BENDING STRESS; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; ELASTO-PLASTIC; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GROUND MOVEMENT; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; MODEL TUNNEL; OVERLYING STRATA; RELATIVE STIFFNESS; SAND LAYER; SHIELD TUNNEL; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SOFT CLAYS; SOFT GROUND; SOFT SOILS; SOIL HOMOGENEITY; TUNNELLING;

CLAY MINERALS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LININGS; SOILS; TUNNEL LININGS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); WATER SUPPLY TUNNELS; WIND TUNNELS;

TUNNELS;

ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUND CONDITIONS; HOMOGENEITY; MODEL VALIDATION; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STIFFNESS; STRESS; TUNNEL DESIGN; TUNNEL LINING; TUNNELING; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 68949221788     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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