TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kolymbas, Dimitrios
A1  - Fellin, W.
A1  - Kirsch, Ansgar
T1  - Squeezing due to stress relaxation in foliated rock
JF  - International journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics
Y1  - 2006
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nag.530
SN  - 1096-9853 (E-Journal); 0363-9061 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 30
IS  - Iss. 13
SP  - 1357
EP  - 1367
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kirsch, Ansgar
T1  - Experimental investigation of the face stability of shallow tunnels in sand
JF  - Acta Geotechnica
N2  - 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 Léca/Dormieux showed the best agreement to the measurements.
Y1  - 2010
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11440-010-0110-7
SN  - 1861-1125
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SP  - 43
EP  - 62
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fellin, Wolfgang
A1  - King, Julian
A1  - Kirsch, Ansgar
A1  - Oberguggenberger, Michael
T1  - Uncertainty modelling and sensitivity analysis of tunnel face stability
JF  - Structural safety
N2  - 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.
Y1  - 2010
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.strusafe.2010.06.001
SN  - 0167-4730
VL  - 32
IS  - 6
SP  - 402
EP  - 410
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -