Stability analysis of rock blocks around a tunnel using a statistical joint modeling technique

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 341-351

  Song, Jae Joon ^a   Lee, Chung In ^b   Seto, Masahiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Stability of rock blocks; Statistical joint modeling; Window sampling method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ROCKS; SAFETY TESTING; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAECHER DISK MODELS;

TUNNELS;

LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ROCK BLOCK; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUNNEL; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

KOREA;

EID: 0035492503     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-7798(01)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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