Assessment of basal heave for wide excavations using the finite element method

• Main Author: Tan, Christina Ai Wei.
• Other Authors: Goh Teck Chee, Anthony
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/53219
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Braced excavation is gaining popularity as a construction method. To design an excavation safely, designers must have a good knowledge of the behavior of excavations, especially bottom basal heave. Besides, they should also know the limitations of using conventional methods and finite element metho...