Abstract: The cavity-contraction method has been used for decades for the design of tunneling and prediction of ground settlement by modeling the cavity-unloading process from an in situ stress state. Analytical solutions of undrained ...

Abstract: The contraction behavior of monotonically expanded cavities is intriguing as it offers insights into certain geotechnical scenarios, especially for pressuremeter tests, where the unloading data is equally informative as ...

Abstract: This paper proposes an analytical method based on drained solutions of cavity expansion and contraction in a unified clay and sand model to investigate tunnel–soil–pile interactions. Cavity expansion analyses are used to ...