Deep Urban Excavations in Portugal: Practice, Design,Research and Perspectives

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2010

Authors

Manuel Matos Fernandes (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Soils and Rocks

Vol. 33 No. 3

Pages: 115-142

ISSN: 1980-9743

Publisher: Associacao Brasileira de Mecanica dos Solos

Indexing

Scopus

COMPENDEX

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

Other information

Abstract (EN): The paper corresponds to the Manuel Rocha Lecture delivered by the author in October 2009. It is divided into three main parts. Part 1, Practice and Design, summarizes the most relevant excavations performed in Portugal since the 1950s, with emphasis on selected case histories. Part 2, Design and Research, discusses research work and original approaches and solutions developed for three distinct geotechnical conditions found in Portugal. Part 3, Research and Perspectives, presents some ideas on points considered critical for future developments in the field.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 28