Evaluation of the change in permeability of jointed rock mass due to excavation using Micromechanics-Based Continuum (MBC) model

DC Rocks 2001 - 38th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 721-728

  Kim, H M ^a   Kuwabara, M ^a   Inoue, J ^a   Horii, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCK MECHANICS;

EXCAVATION-DISTURBED ZONES; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; JOINT ELEMENT; JOINTED ROCK MASS; PERMEABILITY CHANGE; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS;

ROCKS;

EID: 0344647600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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