Development of a rock mass characteristics model for TBM penetration rate prediction

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-18

  Gong, Q M ^a   Zhao, J ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Database; Rock breakage process; Rock mass boreability; Rock mass conceptual model; TBM penetration rate

Indexed keywords

BORING MACHINES (MACHINE TOOLS); COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; TUNNELS;

BREAKAGE PROCESS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; PENETRATION RATES; ROCK BREAKAGE PROCESS; ROCK BREAKAGES; ROCK MASS BOREABILITY; ROCK MASS CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ROCK-MASS; TUNNEL BORING; TUNNEL BORING MACHINE PENETRATION RATE;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DATABASE; HARD ROCK; JOINT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PENETRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; TBM; TUNNELING;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 57649201186     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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