The plastic zones and displacements around underground openings in rock masses containing a fault

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-61

  Hao, Yong Hua ^a   Azzam, R ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fault; Fault dips; Hard rock masses; Plastic zone; UDEC

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; PLASTICS; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TUNNELS; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

NUMERICAL METHOD; PLASTIC ZONES; UNDERGROUND OPENINGS;

TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

DISPLACEMENT; EXCAVATION; FAULT; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCK MECHANICS; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 4544227605     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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