Geotechnical aspects of underground construction in soft ground : proceedings of the 6th International Symposium, (IS-Shanghai 2008), Shanghai, China, 10-12 April 2008

Offers information on geotechnical engineering associated with the design, construction and monitoring of tunnels and excavations in soft ground. This book covers such topics as analysis and numerical modeling of deep excavations, and construction method, ground treatment, and conditioning for tunneling. Theme 1. Analysis and numerical modeling of deep excavations -- theme 2. Construction method, ground treatment, and conditioning for tunnelling -- theme 3. Case histories -- theme 4. Safety issues, risk analysis harzard management and control -- theme 5. Physical and numerical modelling -- theme 6. Calculation and design methods, and predictive tools. This volume comprises a collection of four special lectures, six general reports and 112 papers presented at the Sixth International Symposium of Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground (IS-Shanghai) held between 10 and 12 April 2008 in Shanghai, China. The Symposium was organised by Tongji University and the following themes were covered:1. Analysis and numerical modelling of deep excavations2. Construction method, ground treatment, and conditioning for tunnelling3. Case histories4. Safety issues, risk analysis, hazard management an