Numerical Simulation of a Tunnel Built in London Clay Using the MIT-E3 Model

The prediction of ground surface troughs due to underground tunneling is an important problem in geotechnical design. After its calibration based on recent and last studies on London Clays, the MIT-E3 constitutive model is employed to simulate the excavation of the Westbound Tunnel of the Jubilee Line Extension of the London Underground. The St. James’s Park case study is used to evaluate the ability of this model in predicting, both in the...