The paper demonstrates the application of a hypoplastic model in class A predictions of a NATM tunnel in an urban environment. The tunnel, excavated in a stiff clay, is 14 m wide with 6 m to 21 m of overburden thickness. The constitutive model was calibrated ...

The paper demonstrates the application of a hypoplastic model in class A predictions of a NATM tunnel in an urban environment. The tunnel, excavated in a stiff clay, is 14 m wide with 6 m to 21 m of overburden thickness. The constitutive model was calibrated ...

Surtees Bridge, which carries the A66(T) over the River Tees near Thornaby-on-Tees in the UK, has been showing signs of distress that predate its opening in 1981. Subsequent investigations have shown that the bridge distress is related to unexpectedly large ...

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is undertaking a study of bearing capacity of piles in sand. Several individuals have been contracted to predict the capacity of a specific size pipe pile based on soil information provided by the FHWA. The predictions ...

<p>Excavation is usually employed in the construction of basement of buildings and underground space of the mass rapid transit and the subway system in urban areas. Braced excavation is a complicated soil-structure interaction problem and it is a challenge ...