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

DOI10.1002/NAG.597zbMATH Open1196.74126OpenAlexW2023609249MaRDI QIDQ4933166FDOQ4933166

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

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zbMATH Keywords

stability problemupper boundplasticitytunnels

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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