Stability of large excavations in laminated hard rock masses: The voussoir analogue revisited

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-117

  Diederichs, M S ^a,b   Kaiser, P K ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; EXCAVATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERNAL COMPRESSION ARCH GEOMETRY; LAMINATED HARD ROCKS; VOUSSOIR ANALOG;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EXCAVATION; FAILURE MECHANISM; LAMINATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032997091     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-9062(98)00180-6     Document Type: Article

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