Probabilistic analysis of pressurized tunnels against face stability using collocation-based stochastic response surface method

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-397

  Mollon, Guilhem ^a   Dias, Daniel ^a   Soubra, Abdul Hamid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Face stability; Failure probability; Probabilistic methods; Reliability; Shield tunneling; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; RANDOM VARIABLES; RELIABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUNNELS;

COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; FACE STABILITY; FAILURE PROBABILITY; PROBABILISTIC CHARACTERISTICS; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; SHIELD TUNNELING; STOCHASTIC RESPONSE SURFACE METHODS; STOCHASTIC RESPONSE SURFACES;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COLLAPSE; FAILURE MECHANISM; KINEMATICS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TUNNEL;

EID: 79955033420     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000443     Document Type: Article

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