Tunnelling-induced ground settlements in a groundwater drawdown environment - A case history

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2012, Pages 69-77

  Yoo, Chungsik ^a   Lee, YongJoo ^b   Kim, Sang Hwan ^c   Kim, Hong Taek ^d  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Hoseo University   (South Korea)

^d Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ground settlement; Groundwater; NATM; Pre grouting; Stress pore pressure coupled analysis; Tunnelling

Indexed keywords

CASE HISTORY; DIRECT LINKS; GROUND SETTLEMENT; GROUND SURFACE SETTLEMENTS; GROUND WATER INFLOW; GROUNDWATER DRAWDOWN; NATM; PRE-GROUTING; SETTLEMENT CHARACTERISTICS; SETTLEMENT DATA; STRESS-PORE PRESSURE; SURFACE SETTLEMENTS; WATER BEARING;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUTING; MORTAR; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

GROUNDWATER;

DRAWDOWN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUND SETTLEMENT; GROUNDWATER; NATM; PIEZOMETER; PORE PRESSURE; SITE INVESTIGATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TUNNELING;

EID: 84862820861     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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