The behaviour of tunnels at great depth under large static and dynamic pressures

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-48

  Ortlepp, William David ^a  

^a SRK CONSULTING   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Compliant cladding; Hard rock; Rockburst damage; Static and dynamic pressures; Tunnels; Unbreakable bolts; Yieldability

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DEFORMATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCK MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ROCK PRESSURE;

VEHICULAR TUNNELS;

ROCKBURST; TUNNEL; TUNNEL LINING; TUNNELING;

EID: 0034967848     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-7798(01)00029-3     Document Type: Article

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1. A viscoplastic approach to the modelling of time-dependent rock behaviour at Hartebeesfontein gold mine
2. Perfomance of an experimental tunnel subjected to stresses ranging from 50 MPa to 230 MPa
3. High ground displacement velocities associated with rockburst damage
4. Rock fracture and rockbursts
5. Rockburst mechanisms in tunnels and shafts
6. A simple extension strain criterion for fracture of brittle rock