Long term stability assessment of Siah Bisheh powerhouse cavern based on displacement back analysis method

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 574-583

  Ghorbani, Masoud ^a   Sharifzadeh, Mostafa ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Back analysis; Geomechanical parameters; Instrumentation; Monitoring; Siah Bisheh cavern; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

BACK ANALYSIS; GEOMECHANICAL PARAMETERS; INSTRUMENTATION; SIAH BISHEH CAVERN; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMS; INSTRUMENTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SYSTEM STABILITY; WATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

CAVES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; BACK ANALYSIS; CUTOFF WALL; DAM; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PORE PRESSURE; POREWATER; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TUNNEL DESIGN; TUNNELING;

ASIA; CHALUS RIVER; EURASIA; IRAN; MAZANDARAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 67349151842     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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