Applicability of the principle of superposition in estimating ground surface settlement of twin- and quadruple-tube tunnels

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-149

  Chen, Shong Loong ^a   Gui, Meen Wah ^a   Yang, Mu Chuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Ministry of Transportation and Communications Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Ground loss; Ground surface settlement; Principle of superposition; Shield tunneling

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EMPIRICAL METHOD; EXISTING STRUCTURE; GROUND LOSS; GROUND SURFACE SETTLEMENTS; PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION; RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS; SHIELD MACHINE; SHIELD TUNNELING; TWO SECTION; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAPID TRANSIT; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GROUND SETTLEMENT; TUNNEL; TUNNELING; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84856234740     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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