Geotechnical risk assessment based approach for rock TBM selection in difficult ground conditions

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 318-325

  Shahriar, Kourosh ^a   Sharifzadeh, Mostafa ^a   Hamidi, Jafar Khademi ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Decision tree; Full face mechanized tunnelling; Geotechnical risk; Nosoud water transfer tunnel; TBM selection

Indexed keywords

BORING MACHINES (MACHINE TOOLS); DECISION TREES; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCKS; WATER SUPPLY TUNNELS;

GEOTECHNICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; NOSOUD WATER TRANSFER TUNNEL; TUNNEL-BORING MACHINE;

TUNNELING MACHINES;

BORING MACHINES (MACHINE TOOLS); DECISION TREES; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCKS; TUNNELING MACHINES; WATER SUPPLY TUNNELS;

DECISION ANALYSIS; FAULT ZONE; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GROUND CONDITIONS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TBM; TUNNEL DESIGN; TUNNELING; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 39749196795     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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