Estimation of Parameters in Geotechnical Backanalysis: II. Application to a Tunnel Excavation Problem

A general statistical framework to perform backanalysis in geotechnical problems from field instrumentation has been presented in a companion paper. Here, an application to a real case involving the excavation of a tunnel in stiff overconsolidated clay is described. Both, extensometer and inclinomet...

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Autores: Gens Solé, Antonio|||0000-0001-7588-7054, Ledesma Villalba, Alberto|||0000-0003-3321-3849, Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo|||0000-0003-2472-3951
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1996
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/2209
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/2209
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Tunnels
Parameter estimation
Finite element method
geotechnical parameters
probabilistic methods
finite element method
tunnelling
Túnels -- Excavacions
Paràmetres (Matemàtica) -- Identificació
Mètode dels elements finits
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Sumario:A general statistical framework to perform backanalysis in geotechnical problems from field instrumentation has been presented in a companion paper. Here, an application to a real case involving the excavation of a tunnel in stiff overconsolidated clay is described. Both, extensometer and inclinometer measurements are used as input data and elastic moduli of the ground and the value of the Ko coeficient are estimated. The finite element method is used as the computational procedure to solve the direct problem, and has been coupled to the identification algorithm as described in the companion paper. In addition, a discussion on the reliability of the parameters identified is presented.