Estimation of permeability for the rock mass around the shiplocks of the Three Gorges Project, China

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 381-397

  Zhang, Xing ^a   Powrie, W ^a   Harkness, R ^a   Wang, Sijing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS RELIEF;

FRACTURE STIFFNESS; SHIPLOCKS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY;

CHANG JIANG RIVER; CHINA; THREE GORGES PROJECT; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 0032773733     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-9062(99)00012-1     Document Type: Article

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