Deformation and failure of the Tymfristos tunnel, Greece

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1004-1013

  Kontogianni, V ^a   Tzortzis, A ^a   Stiros, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Convergence; Deformation analysis; Failures; Greece; Tunnels

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; EXCAVATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; KINEMATICS; ROADS AND STREETS;

RING CLOSURE; TYMFRISTOS TUNNEL;

TUNNELS;

DEFORMATION; EXCAVATION STRUCTURE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; TUNNEL;

EID: 8744270434     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2004)130:10(1004)     Document Type: Article

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