Numerical evaluation of the response in bending of an underground hard rock Voussoir beam roof

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1071-1086

  Sofianos, A I ^a   Kapenis, A P ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Edafomichaniki SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUCKLING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRACKS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROOFS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

VOUSSOIR BEAMS;

UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

BENDING; HARD ROCK; ROOF;

EID: 0032415031     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-9062(98)00166-1     Document Type: Article

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