@inproceedings{Kirsch2010,
  author    = {Kirsch, Ansgar},
  title     = {Numerical investigation of the face stability of shallow tunnels in sand},
  series = {Numerical methods in geotechnical engineering : (NUMGE 2010) : proceedings of the seventh European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Trondheim, Norway, 2 - 4 June 2010 / ed. by Thomas Benz ...},
  booktitle = {Numerical methods in geotechnical engineering : (NUMGE 2010) : proceedings of the seventh European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Trondheim, Norway, 2 - 4 June 2010 / ed. by Thomas Benz ...},
  publisher = {Taylor and Francis},
  address   = {London},
  organization    = {European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering <7, 2010, Trondheim>},
  isbn      = {978-0-415-59239-0},
  pages     = {779 -- 784},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{KirschMarcher2010,
  author    = {Kirsch, Ansgar and Marcher, Thomas},
  title     = {Numerical prediction of time-dependent rock swelling based on an example of a major tunnel project in Ontario/Canada},
  series = {Numerical methods in geotechnical engineering : (NUMGE 2010) : proceedings of the seventh European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Trondheim, Norway, 2 - 4 June 2010 / ed. by Thomas Benz ...},
  booktitle = {Numerical methods in geotechnical engineering : (NUMGE 2010) : proceedings of the seventh European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Trondheim, Norway, 2 - 4 June 2010 / ed. by Thomas Benz ...},
  publisher = {Taylor and Francis},
  address   = {London},
  organization    = {European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering <7, 2010, Trondheim>},
  isbn      = {978-0-415-59239-0},
  pages     = {297 -- 302},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{FellinKingKirschetal.2009,
  author    = {Fellin, Wolfgang and King, Julian and Kirsch, Ansgar and Oberguggenberger, Michael},
  title     = {Uncertainty modelling and sensitivity analysis of tunnel face stability},
  series = {Safety, reliability and risk of structures, infrastructures and engineering systems : proceedings of the tenth International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR 2009), Osaka, Japan, 13-17 September 2009 / ed.: Hitoshi Furuta ...},
  booktitle = {Safety, reliability and risk of structures, infrastructures and engineering systems : proceedings of the tenth International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR 2009), Osaka, Japan, 13-17 September 2009 / ed.: Hitoshi Furuta ...},
  publisher = {CRC Pr.},
  address   = {Boca Raton, Fla. [u.a.]},
  organization    = {International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability <10, 2009, Osaka>},
  isbn      = {978-0-415-47557-0},
  pages     = {112 -- 114},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{KirschBlioumiFellinetal.2007,
  author    = {Kirsch, Ansgar and Blioumi, A. and Fellin, Wolfgang and Kolymbas, Dimitrios},
  title     = {Modelling anisotropic squeezing as a process in time},
  series = {ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Tunneling ; August 27 - 29, 2007, Vienna, Austria : EURO:TUN 2007 : proceedings},
  booktitle = {ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Tunneling ; August 27 - 29, 2007, Vienna, Austria : EURO:TUN 2007 : proceedings},
  address   = {Wien},
  organization    = {Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Tunneling <2007, Wien>},
  isbn      = {3-9501554-7-3 ; 978-3-9501554-7-1},
  pages     = {1 CD-ROM},
  year      = {2007},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{Kirsch2009,
  author    = {Kirsch, Ansgar},
  title     = {Experimental and numerical investigation of the face stability of shallow tunnels in sand},
  series = {Safe tunnelling for the city and environment : proceedings of the World Tunnel Congress 2009, Budapest, Hungary, 23 to 28 September 2009 / organised by International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association ...},
  booktitle = {Safe tunnelling for the city and environment : proceedings of the World Tunnel Congress 2009, Budapest, Hungary, 23 to 28 September 2009 / organised by International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association ...},
  publisher = {Hungarian Tunnelling Association},
  address   = {Budapest},
  organization    = {World Tunnel Congress <2009, Budapest>},
  pages     = {1 -- 8},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{KirschFelberMarcheretal.2014,
  author    = {Kirsch, Ansgar and Felber, W. and Marcher, Thomas and Fuchs, W.},
  title     = {Geotechnical challenges during design and construction of a ski resort in Azerbaijan},
  series = {Geotechnics of roads and railways : proceedings of the 15th Danube - European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering : 9-11 September 2014, Vienna, Austria},
  booktitle = {Geotechnics of roads and railways : proceedings of the 15th Danube - European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering : 9-11 September 2014, Vienna, Austria},
  publisher = {{\"O}IAV - {\"O}sterreichischer Ingenieur- und Architekten-Verein},
  address   = {Wien},
  organization    = {Danube - European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering <15, 2014, Wien>},
  isbn      = {978-3-902593-01-6},
  pages     = {757 -- 762},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KolymbasFellinKirsch2006,
  author    = {Kolymbas, Dimitrios and Fellin, W. and Kirsch, Ansgar},
  title     = {Squeezing due to stress relaxation in foliated rock},
  series = {International journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics},
  volume    = {Vol. 30},
  journal   = {International journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics},
  number    = {Iss. 13},
  issn      = {1096-9853 (E-Journal); 0363-9061 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1002/nag.530},
  pages     = {1357 -- 1367},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Kirsch2010,
  author    = {Kirsch, Ansgar},
  title     = {Experimental investigation of the face stability of shallow tunnels in sand},
  series = {Acta Geotechnica},
  volume    = {5},
  journal   = {Acta Geotechnica},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1861-1125},
  doi       = {10.1007/s11440-010-0110-7},
  pages     = {43 -- 62},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {Various models have been proposed for the prediction of the necessary support pressure at the face of a shallow tunnel. To assess their quality, the collapse of a tunnel face was modelled with small-scale model tests at single gravity. The development of the failure mechanism and the support force at the face in dry sand were investigated. The observed displacement patterns show a negligible influence of overburden on the extent and evolution of the failure zone. The latter is significantly influenced, though, by the initial density of the sand: in dense sand a chimney-wedge-type collapse mechanism developed, which propagated towards the soil surface. Initially, loose sand did not show any discrete collapse mechanism. The necessary support force was neither influenced by the overburden nor the initial density. A comparison with quantitative predictions by several theoretical models showed that the measured necessary support pressure is overestimated by most of the models. Those by Vermeer/Ruse and L{\´e}ca/Dormieux showed the best agreement to the measurements.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FellinKingKirschetal.2010,
  author    = {Fellin, Wolfgang and King, Julian and Kirsch, Ansgar and Oberguggenberger, Michael},
  title     = {Uncertainty modelling and sensitivity analysis of tunnel face stability},
  series = {Structural safety},
  volume    = {32},
  journal   = {Structural safety},
  number    = {6},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0167-4730},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.strusafe.2010.06.001},
  pages     = {402 -- 410},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {This paper proposes an approach to the choice and evaluation of engineering models with the aid of a typical application in geotechnics. An important issue in the construction of shallow tunnels, especially in weak ground conditions, is the tunnel face stability. Various theoretical and numerical models for predicting the necessary support pressure have been put forth in the literature. In this paper, we combine laboratory experiments performed at the University of Innsbruck with current methods of uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for assessing adequacy, predictive power and robustness of the models. The major issues are the handling of the twofold uncertainty of test results and of model predictions as well as the decision about what are the influential input parameters.},
  language  = {en}
}