Consolidation settlements above deep tunnels in fractured crystalline rock: Part 1-Investigations above the Gotthard highway tunnel

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1195-1210

  Zangerl, C ^a,b   Evans, K F ^a   Eberhardt, E ^a,c   Loew, S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b alpS Zentrum fur Naturgefahren Management   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Coupled hydro mechanical behaviour; Fractured rock mass; Gotthard tunnel; Subsidence; Tunnel drainage

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; GROUNDWATER; MECHANISMS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCK MECHANICS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SUBSIDENCE; TUNNELS;

CONSOLIDATION SETTLEMENT; COUPLED HYDRO MECHANICALS; COUPLED HYDRO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; DEEP TUNNELS; FRACTURED ROCK MASS; GOTTHARD TUNNEL; HIGHWAY TUNNEL; HYDROMECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; SURFACE SUBSIDENCE; TUNNEL DRAINAGE;

DRAINAGE;

CONSOLIDATION; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; GROUND CONDITIONS; GROUND SETTLEMENT; SUBSIDENCE; TUNNELING; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GOTTHARD TUNNEL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 55749084884     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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