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Interfacial behaviour in Tunnel engineering

05 November 2021, Version 1
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Abstract

The force imparted on the soil by a tunnel boring machine can lead to catastrophic tunnel collapse. To help predict this behaviour the machine is modelled as point source in an elastic/plastic idealized soil with no cohesion. The model predicts a wedge shaped region of plasticity extending from the machine. Within this region of plasticity a reduced hyperbolic flow problem determines the dynamics of the soil.

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Nov 05, 2021 Version 1

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DOI

10.33774/miir-2021-6461k
D O I: 10.33774/miir-2021-6461k [opens in a new tab]

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Keywords

tunnelling
soil mechanics
stability

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