Modelling a mine-by test at the Mont Terri rock laboratory, Switzerland

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 846-859

  Corkum, A G ^a   Martin, C D ^b  

^a ITASCA CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constitutive model; Numerical modelling; Opalinus Clay; Tunnelling

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESSES; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

DILATION; EXCAVATION DISTURBED ZONE; OPALINUS CLAY; STRESS-DEPENDENT MODULUS;

MINES;

CLAYSTONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRACTURE; HYDROMECHANICS; LABORATORY METHOD; MINE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESS; TUNNEL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34247109048     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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