Latest technology of underground rock cavern excavation in Japan

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 127-144

  Tezuka, Masanobu ^a   Seoka, Tadahiko ^b  

^a KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO   (Japan)

^b San Roque Power Corporation   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Observational method; Oil storage; Powerhouse; Underground cavern; Underground museum

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; GEOLOGY; ROCKS; STRESSES;

HYDROPOWER STATIONS;

TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

CAVERN; SUPPORT; TECHNOLOGY; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

JAPAN;

EID: 0038814731     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-7798(03)00039-7     Document Type: Article

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