Application of a new convergence measurement technique for the rehabilitation of old rossio railway tunnel, Lisbon

Geomechanics and Geoengineering

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-118

  Torres, V F Navarro ^a   da Gama, C Dinis ^a   Costa e Silva, M M ^a   Singh, R N ^b   Reddish, D ^b   Stace, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous monitoring; Convergence; Deformation; New method; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MONITORING; RAILWAY; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRAIN; TUNNEL LINING;

LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL;

EID: 79958120472     PISSN: 17486025     EISSN: 17486033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17486025.2010.531147     Document Type: Article

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