Research Article

Upper-Bound Finite Element Adaptive Analysis of Plane Strain Heading in Soil with a Soft Upper Layer and Hard Lower Layer

Table 3

Calculation soil parameters of the numerical model.

Soilγ (kN/m3)Elasticity modulus, E (MPa)c (kPa)ϕ (°)Poisson ratio, ν

Soft 1192540120.3
Hard soil2315080320.23