Jet grouting applications in soft rocks: The Athens Metro case

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 219-228

  Mihalis, I K ^a   Tsiambaos, G ^a   Anagnostopoulos, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Geology; Grouting; Tunnels tunnelling

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CONSTRUCTION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GROUTING;

JET GROUTING; ROCK TUNNELLING; SOFT ROCKS;

ROCKS;

CONSTRUCTION; DESIGN; GROUTING; SOFT ROCK; TUNNELING;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8744264839     PISSN: 13532618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geng.2004.157.4.219     Document Type: Article

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