Research Article

A Modified Elastic Foundation Beam Method for Analyzing Lateral Wall Deformation in Excavations with Cross Wall

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Derivation of the MEFB method. (a) Deformation mechanism and equivalent stiffness of the diaphragm-cross wall system. (b) Deformation mechanism and equivalent stiffness of the simply supported beam. (c) Deformation mechanism and equivalent stiffness of a fixed beam.
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