The influence of an excavation damaged zone on the thermal-mechanical and hydro-mechanical behaviors of an underground excavation

Engineering Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 110-123

  Kwon, S ^a   Cho, W J ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Excavation damaged zone; Hydro mechanical coupling; Radioactive waste disposal; Thermo mechanical coupling; Tunnelling; Underground research tunnel

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; ELASTIC MODULI; EXCAVATION; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRAULICS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TUNNELS;

EXCAVATION DAMAGED ZONE; HYDRO-MECHANICAL COUPLING; THERMO-MECHANICAL COUPLING; TUNNELLING; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH TUNNEL;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

DAMAGE; LABORATORY METHOD; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; THERMOHYDROMECHANICS; TUNNEL DESIGN; TUNNELING; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 53549109990     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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