An integrated approach to excavation design - A project within Canada's used fuel disposal program

4th North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARMS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 1271-1278

  Chandler, N ^a   Read, R ^b   Cundall, P ^c   Potyondy, D ^c   Detournay, E ^d   Young, R P ^e   Lau, J S O ^f  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^b BGG Engineering Incorporated   (Canada)

^c ITASCA CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f Natural Resources Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; EXCAVATION; HYDRAULIC TOOLS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; FIELD MEASUREMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LONG-TERM LOADINGS; MICRO-MECHANICAL; NUCLEAR FUEL WASTES; NUMERICAL TOOLS; STRENGTH DEGRADATION;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 10144228375     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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