The holy grail in choosing what constitutive model to use lies in the balance between efficiency and accuracy, which means determining the boundaries around what aspects of behaviour matter to the results and what others to disregard.

gaskets for tunnel segments are designed to resist certain water pressure from penetration, thus maintaining water tightness in a tunnel

This blog post explains some key points related to the volumetric behaviour of soil

We all know that the amount of surface settlement that a TBM generates depends on the ground and groundwater properties. In addition, it...