The 2003 Canadian geotechnical colloquium: Mechanistic interpretation and practical application of damage and spalling prediction criteria for deep tunnelling

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1082-1116

  Diederichs, Mark S ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crack initiation; Modelling; Rock fracture; Spalling; Tunnelling; Yield

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

CONVENTIONAL SHEAR FAILURE; ROCK FRACTURE; SUPPORT DESIGN;

SPALLING;

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPALLING; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

CRACK; GNEISS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; PREDICTION; SPALLING; TUNNELING;

EID: 39449135335     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T07-033     Document Type: Article

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