Unified solutions for stresses and displacements around circular tunnels using the Unified Strength Theory

Science China Technological Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1694-1699

  Zhang, Changguang ^a   Wang, Jiangfeng ^b   Zhao, Junhai ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER CONSERVANCY AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER   (China)

^c CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Different definitions for elastic strains; Different Young's modulus; Intermediate principal stress; Unified Strength Theory

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN; TUNNELS;

DIFFERENT YOUNG'S MODULUS; ELASTIC STRAIN; GENERALIZED HOEK-BROWN FAILURE CRITERION; HYDROSTATIC STRESS FIELDS; INTERMEDIATE PRINCIPAL STRESS; INTERMEDIATE PRINCIPAL STRESS EFFECTS; MOHR-COULOMB FAILURE CRITERION; UNIFIED STRENGTH THEORY;

YIELD STRESS;

EID: 77954138120     PISSN: 16747321     EISSN: 18691900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-010-3224-0     Document Type: Article

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