Numerical analyses of braced excavation in granular grounds: Continuum and discrete element approaches

Granular Matter

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 195-208

  Jiang, Mingjing ^a   Shen, Zhifu ^a   Zhu, Fangyuan ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Braced excavation; Constitutive model; Distinct element method; Stress path; Stress rotation

Indexed keywords

BRACED EXCAVATIONS; DISCRETE-ELEMENT APPROACH; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHODS; FINITEDIFFERENCE METHODS (FDM); PRINCIPAL STRESS ROTATION; STRESS PATH DEPENDENCY; STRESS PATHS; STRESS ROTATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EXCAVATION;

EID: 84880760940     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: 14347636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-013-0391-2     Document Type: Article

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