20 years of excavation response studies at AECL's Underground Research Laboratory

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 8 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 1251-1275

  Read, R S ^a  

^a RSRead Consulting Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Excavation damage; Excavation response; Nuclear waste disposal; Rock fracturing; Rock mechanics; Tunnel stability; Underground Research Laboratory

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; THERMAL LOAD; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

ROCK FRACTURING; THERMAL-MECHANICAL STABILITY STUDY; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORY (URL);

ROCK MECHANICS;

EXCAVATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; ROCK MECHANICS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10144244016     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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