Soil-Structure Interaction of Flexible Temporary Trench Box: Parametric Studies Using 3D FE Modelling

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mse/volume-2021/9949976/figures/9949976.fig.0010a.svgz" name="9949976.fig.0010a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Soil pressure on steel box shield of 200 mm <svg height="9.62521pt" id="M195" style="vertical-align:-0.6304703pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.99474 9.87315 9.62521" width="9.87315pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M633 674L603 694L553 619C506 650 449 665 390 665C181 665 50 499 50 319C50 208 100 116 171 56L118 -22L145 -45L201 35C251 3 311 -15 374 -15C560 -15 710 120 710 335C710 447 656 541 584 600L633 674ZM217 123C177 176 150 256 150 344C150 534 254 629 367 629C425 629 477 609 517 566L217 123ZM541 537C581 482 610 406 610 305C610 150 542 21 391 21C333 21 277 45 240 92L541 537Z"></path></g></svg> struts</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mse/volume-2021/9949976/figures/9949976.fig.0010b.svgz" name="9949976.fig.0010b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Soil pressure on aluminum box shield of 200 mm <svg height="9.62521pt" id="M196" style="vertical-align:-0.6304703pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.99474 9.87315 9.62521" width="9.87315pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M633 674L603 694L553 619C506 650 449 665 390 665C181 665 50 499 50 319C50 208 100 116 171 56L118 -22L145 -45L201 35C251 3 311 -15 374 -15C560 -15 710 120 710 335C710 447 656 541 584 600L633 674ZM217 123C177 176 150 256 150 344C150 534 254 629 367 629C425 629 477 609 517 566L217 123ZM541 537C581 482 610 406 610 305C610 150 542 21 391 21C333 21 277 45 240 92L541 537Z"></path></g></svg> struts</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mse/volume-2021/9949976/figures/9949976.fig.0010c.svgz" name="9949976.fig.0010c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>Soil pressure on steel box shield of 100 mm <svg height="9.62521pt" id="M197" style="vertical-align:-0.6304703pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.99474 9.87315 9.62521" width="9.87315pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M633 674L603 694L553 619C506 650 449 665 390 665C181 665 50 499 50 319C50 208 100 116 171 56L118 -22L145 -45L201 35C251 3 311 -15 374 -15C560 -15 710 120 710 335C710 447 656 541 584 600L633 674ZM217 123C177 176 150 256 150 344C150 534 254 629 367 629C425 629 477 609 517 566L217 123ZM541 537C581 482 610 406 610 305C610 150 542 21 391 21C333 21 277 45 240 92L541 537Z"></path></g></svg> struts</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mse/volume-2021/9949976/figures/9949976.fig.0010d.svgz" name="9949976.fig.0010d" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(d) </b>Soil pressure on aluminum box shield of 100 mm <svg height="9.62521pt" id="M198" style="vertical-align:-0.6304703pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.99474 9.87315 9.62521" width="9.87315pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M633 674L603 694L553 619C506 650 449 665 390 665C181 665 50 499 50 319C50 208 100 116 171 56L118 -22L145 -45L201 35C251 3 311 -15 374 -15C560 -15 710 120 710 335C710 447 656 541 584 600L633 674ZM217 123C177 176 150 256 150 344C150 534 254 629 367 629C425 629 477 609 517 566L217 123ZM541 537C581 482 610 406 610 305C610 150 542 21 391 21C333 21 277 45 240 92L541 537Z"></path></g></svg> struts</td></tr></table>

<div>Soil pressure (Louiseville clay) on steel and aluminum trench box shields with different plate thicknesses.</div>

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Figure 10: Soil-Structure Interaction of Flexible Temporary Trench Box: Parametric Studies Using 3D FE Modelling 