Acoustic emission and ultrasonic-velocity methods used to characterise the excavation disturbance associated with deep tunnels in hard rock

Tectonophysics

Volumn 289, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Falls, Stephen D ^a,b   Young, R Paul ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Damage; Microcracking; Stress; Ultrasonic; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; EXCAVATION DISTURBANCE; STRESS REGIME; TUNNELLING; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0031843087     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00303-X     Document Type: Article

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