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Present chapter is meant to provide a short overview of the leading analysis methodologies used to foresee the behaviour of the ground during and after the excavation. The presentation of the treated topics provides the first comprehension elements in terms of physical stability of the excavation process, without discussing the more strictly analytic aspects. The treatise of the different analysis methods (Block—Theory; Characteristic Lines and Numerical methods: distinct element, finite elements or finite differences methods) is preceded by some introduction paragraphs providing the base concepts concerning following aspects: the choice of the medium (equivalent continuum or discontinuous medium) to use as a reference, the convergence and confining phenomena, the difference between low and high overburden. In the end some methods that can be used to define the behaviour of the face and the groundwater influence are described.
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Gattinoni, P., Pizzarotti, E., Scesi, L. (2014). Underground Excavation Analysis. In: Engineering Geology for Underground Works. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7850-4_4
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