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Discussion of “Using a Pressurized Shield to Increase Face Stability of Circular Tunnels in Purely Cohesive Soil” by Wantao Ding, Shucai Li, Keqi Liu, Jian Zhu, Mingjiang Li, and Peihe Shi

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Volume 20Issue 3March 2020

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Received: Oct 30, 2018
Accepted: Feb 19, 2019
Published online: Dec 19, 2019
Published in print: Mar 1, 2020
Discussion open until: May 19, 2020

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Associate Professor, Centre of Excellence in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn Univ., Bangkok 10330, Thailand (corresponding author). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0275-6066. Email: [email protected]
Suraparb Keawsawasvong [email protected]
Lecturer, Thammasat School of Engineering, Thammasat Univ., Pathumthani 12120, Thailand. Email: [email protected]

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