1st Edition

Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground

Edited By O. Kusakabe, K. Fukita, Y. Miyazaki Copyright 2000
760 Pages
by CRC Press

760 Pages
by CRC Press

This title looks at geotechnical aspects of underground construction, from bored tunnelling to shield tunnelling, modelling and prediction and braced excavation. It has been designed with the engineer in mind.

Preface, Special Lecture: Seismic design of underground structures in soft ground: A review; Session Reports 1 Bored Tunnelling-NATM tunnelling 2 Bored Tunnelling-TBM and shield tunnelling 3 Modelling and prediction 4 Braced excavation-Deformation and displacement of walls 5 Braced excavation-Excavation in general Miscellaneous.

Biography

O. Kusakabe, Department of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. K. Fujita, Department of Civil Engineering, Science University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan. Y. Miyazaki, Obayashi Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.