<p>In this paper, ground movement in a highly populated region of Iran&rsquo;s capital city, Tehran, induced by excavation and construction of 7 the line of Tehran subway has been investigated. It was aimed to analyse the ground displacements and surface settlement ...

<p>Settlement evaluation of spread foundations on heavily preconsolidated cohesive soils. The paper presents the results of fi eld and laboratory tests performed on the heavily preconsolidated boulder clays which prevail on the campus of the Warsaw University ...

<p>This paper presents the results of an investigation on the characteristics of tunnelling-induced ground settlement in groundwater drawdown environment. The dynamics of the effect of groundwater drawdown on the ground settlements are first investigated using ...

<p>A new method &ndash; fuzzy system combination neural network was used to estimate ground surface settlements. According to the measured data of Shanghai No.2 Subway, and considering various kinds of factors synthetically, an ANFIS fuzzy neural network prediction ...

<p>Cross walls and buttress walls are common construction methods used in Taiwan for protection of adjacent buildings during excavation. It is generally recognized, but not verified, that both methods have good effects in reducing wall movement and ground ...

<p>This paper presents the processes of investigation, analysis, design, construction and monitoring of a soil nail strengthening work to facilitate a 14.5m deep excavation at an uncontrolled dump site. Pavement distresses on the retained ground were first ...

<p>In the course of the extension of a metro line in Vienna the station Taborstra&szlig;e will be built. Two single track platform tunnels, a connection tunnel and an elevator tunnel will be driven through sediments following an NATM excavation scheme with ...