Geomechanical evaluations of Karaj tuffs for rock tunneling in Tehran-Shomal Freeway, Iran

Engineering Geology

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 83-98

  Yassaghi, Ali ^a   Salari Rad, Hossein ^b   Kanani Moghadam, Hossein ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Empirical methods; Numerical analyses; Road tunnel; Rock mass rating; Tuff rocks; Tunnel support

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; ROCK MECHANICS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); TUNNELS;

GEOMECHANICAL EVALUATIONS; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION (RMC); ROCK MASS RATINGS (RMR);

TECTONICS;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GROUND CONDITIONS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; TUFF; TUNNELING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 12144284298     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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