Determination of earth pressure balance tunnel-related maximum surface settlement: a multivariate adaptive regression splines approach

• Main Authors: Goh, Anthony Teck Chee, Zhang, Wengang, Zhang, Yanmei, Xiao, Yang, Xiang, Yuzhou
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Surface settlement; EPB shield
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84586; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41886
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A major consideration in urban tunnel design is to estimate the ground movements and surface settlements associated with the tunnelling operations. Excessive ground movements may result in damage to adjacent buildings and utilities. Numerous empirical and analytical solutions have been proposed to r...