Research Article

Study on the Generalized Displacement Boundary and Its Analytical Prediction for Ground Movements Induced by Shield Tunneling

Table 3

Cases of horizontal displacement induced by shield tunneling.

Case no. (m) (kPa)(mm)SoilReferences

110.7/2.47104164Soft clayPalmer and Belshaw [50]
218.5/2.663.5 × 10481ClayPhienwej [52]
319.0/8.53.5 × 10458ClayDeane and Bassett [51]
411.848/6.2110ClayJiang et al. [67]

The value of is obtained by inversion with respect to the maximum surface settlement.