Impact of rock mass characteristics on hard rock tunnel boring machine performance

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 213-220

  Ramezanzadeh, A ^a   Rostami, J ^b   Tadic, D ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATIONS; ACCURATE PERFORMANCES; ADVANCE RATES; CONSTRUCTION PERIODS; EFFECTIVE PLANNING; FIELD DATUMS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; GEOTECHNICAL CONDITIONS; HARD ROCKS; JOINTED ROCK MASSES; MACHINE PERFORMANCES; PENETRATION RATES; PERFORMANCE ANALYSES; PROGNOSIS MODELS; RATES OF PENETRATIONS; ROCK MASS CHARACTERISTICS; ROCK MASS PROPERTIES; ROCK MASSES; ROCK PROPERTIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACK RECORDS;

BORING; BORING MACHINES (MACHINE TOOLS); EARTH BORING MACHINES; EXCAVATION; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCK MECHANICS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); TUNNELING MACHINES; TUNNELS;

ROCKS;

EID: 58049150845     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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