Soft ground response due to tunnelling

• Main Author: Quah, Lye Hock.
• Other Authors: Low, Bak Kong
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19391
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Tunnels are used for many purposes. In a large scale, it serves as a mass rapid transport for people especially in urban and built-up areas. In a smaller scale, one can find uses in pipe jacking for laying of sewer line without opening out the ground and disrupting the flow of traffic. Various types...