IMPROVED DESIGN OF TUNNEL SUPPORTS. 5 VOLUMES ANALYSIS FOR GROUND-STRUCTURE INTERACTION IN TUNNELING

This five-volume report includes the results of an extensive research effort by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to improve the design methodologies available to tunnel designers. The purpose of this report is to provide the tunneling profession with improved practical tools in the technical or design area, which provide more accurate representations of the ground-structure interaction in tunneling. The design methods range from simple analytical and empirical methods to sophisticated finite element techniques as well as an evaluation of tunneling practices in Austria and Germany. (UMTA)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Individual reports: Executive Summary (PB80-134547); Volume 1 (UMTA-MA-06-0100-80-4); Volume 2 (UMTA-MA-06-0100-80-5); Volume 3 (UMTA-MA-06-0100-80-6); Volume 4 (UMTA-MA-06-0100- 80-7); and Volume 5 (UMTA-MA-06-0100-80-8). Under contract to Transportation Systems Center, Research and Special Programs Administration.
• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Civil Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Schwartz, C W
  • Einstein, H H
  • Azzouz, A S
  • STEINER, W
• Publication Date: 1980-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 1654 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Design methods; Empirical methods; Finite element method; Soil structure interaction; State of the art studies; Structural design; Tunnel supports; Tunneling; Tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tunnel design
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical method
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; I25: Design of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00325349
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., DOTTSC-UMTA-80-27
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-1489
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 15 2003 12:00AM