Comparison of rectangular and circular bored twin tunnels in weak ground

The recent innovation of a rectangular tunnel boring machine (TBM), and its use in the Hongzhuan Road tunnel underpass by the China Railway Engineering Group (CREG), has revitalized shallow depth soft soil tunneling. This paper presents the findings of a numerical study using PLAXIS to determine the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael Vinod, Hadi Khabbaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Underground Space
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2467967418300679