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Numerical Analyses of the Multi-propped Excavation in Soft Clay

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Deformation and Failure Mechanism of Excavation in Clay Subjected to Hydraulic Uplift

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Abstract

In the previous chapter, a case history of a multi-propped excavation in a greenfield site in Shanghai soft clay is comprehensively documented. Together with the case history documented in this study and eight others reported in the literature (Liu et al. 2005; Wang et al. 2005; Tan and Wei 2011; Liu et al. 2011), it is found that excavation-induced ground deformation in Shanghai soft clay is relatively smaller than similar excavations in soft clay worldwide (Long 2001; Moormann 2004).

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Hong, Y., Wang, L. (2016). Numerical Analyses of the Multi-propped Excavation in Soft Clay. In: Deformation and Failure Mechanism of Excavation in Clay Subjected to Hydraulic Uplift. Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46507-3_4

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