Stochastic fracture modeling for stability assessment of underground facilities in crystalline rocks

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

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1483-1490

  Starzec, P ^a   Andersson, J ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b JA Streamflow   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EXCAVATION; FORECASTING; FRACTURE; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS; FRACTURE ORIENTATIONS; PROBABILISTIC PREDICTION; STABILITY ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC FRACTURE; STOCHASTIC FRACTURE MODELS; UNDERGROUND EXCAVATION;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS;

EID: 2142847533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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