Estimating keyblock sizes in underground excavations: Accounting for joint set spacing

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-232

  Kuszmaul, J S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b The University of Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PETROLOGY; PROBABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

JOINTED ROCK; TETRAHEDRAL KEYBLOCK FORMATION; UNDERGROUND EXCAVATIONS;

EXCAVATION;

DESIGN METHOD; DISCONTINUITY; EXCAVATION; JOINT; ROCK BLOCK; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0033036124     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-9062(98)00184-3     Document Type: Article

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