2D and 3D upper bound solutions for tunnel excavation using 'elastic' flow fields

DOI10.1002/NAG.597MaRDI QIDQ4933166zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Assaf Klar, Malcolm D. Bolton, Ashraf S. Osman

Publication date 12 October 2010

Published in International Journal for Numerical and Analytical methods in Geomechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.597

zbMATH Keywords

plasticitystability problemtunnelsupper bound

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bifurcation and buckling (74G60) Soil and rock mechanics (74L10)

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