Measured performance of a 26 m deep top-down excavation in downtown Shanghai

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 704-719

  Tan, Yong ^a   Li, Mingwen ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Tunnel Engineering and Rail Transit Design and Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Buildings and utility pipelines; Field data; Soft clays; Top down excavation

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT BUILDINGS; AXIAL FORCES; CONCRETE STRUTS; DIAPHRAGM WALL; EARTH PRESSURE; FIELD DATA; FLOOR SLABS; GROUND SETTLEMENT; GROUND WATER TABLE; INSTRUMENTATION PROGRAMS; METRO STATIONS; SOFT CLAYS; SOIL REMOVAL; STEEL COLUMN; SYSTEM LOADS; TOP-DOWN METHODS; TOPDOWN; WALL DEFLECTIONS;

AXIAL FLOW; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DIAPHRAGMS; FLOORS; GROUNDWATER; STRUTS; SUBWAY STATIONS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EXCAVATION;

CONCRETE; DATA SET; DEFLECTION; DIAPHRAGM WALL; EARTH PRESSURE; EXCAVATION; FIELD METHOD; FLOOR; GROUND SETTLEMENT; METRO SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PIPELINE; SLAB; SOFT CLAY; STEEL STRUCTURE; WATER TABLE;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 80055051936     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: 12086010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t10-100     Document Type: Article

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