An investigation of the excavation damaged zone at the KAERI underground research tunnel

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Kwon, S ^a   Lee, C S ^b   Cho, S J ^c   Jeon, S W ^b   Cho, W J ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blasting damage; EDZ; Sensitivity analysis; Underground research tunnel; Waste disposal

Indexed keywords

BLASTING; EXCAVATION; EXPLOSIVES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; RADAR REFLECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REFLECTION; TESTING; TUNNELS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BLASTING DAMAGE; BOREHOLE RADAR REFLECTION; EDZ; ELASTIC MODULES; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EXCAVATION DAMAGED ZONE; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; IN-SITU; IN-SITU STRESSES; IN-SITU TESTING; LABORATORY TESTING; MAIN PARAMETERS; OVERALL PERFORMANCE; ROCK CORES; STRESS REDISTRIBUTIONS; TUNNEL BLASTING; UNDERGROUND EXCAVATIONS; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH TUNNEL;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BLASTING; DAMAGE; DEFORMATION; EXCAVATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUNNEL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 53349144363     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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