Brittleness of rock and stability assessment in hard rock tunneling

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-48

  Hajiabdolmajid, Vahid ^a   Kaiser, Peter ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brittle failure; Brittleness; Hard rock; Slabbing; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; STABILITY; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

HARD ROCK TUNNELING;

ROCKS;

BRITTLE FAILURE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HARD ROCK; STRAIN ANALYSIS; TUNNELING;

EID: 0037225150     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-7798(02)00100-1     Document Type: Article

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