Brittle rock failure in the steg lateral adit of the lötschberg base tunnel

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 341-359

  Rojat, F ^a,b   Labiouse, V ^a   Kaiser, P K ^c   Descoeudres, F ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brittle failure; Brittle Hoek Brown parameters; Brittle rock; High stress; L tschberg; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

RAILROAD TUNNELS; ROCKS; TUNNELS;

BRITTLE FAILURE PROCESS; BRITTLE FAILURES; BRITTLE ROCKS; FAILURE CRITERIA; HIGH STRESS; HOEK-BROWN; PREDICTION METHODS; STRESS CONDITION;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DAMAGE; EXCAVATION; JOINT; STRESS; TUNNEL; WALL;

EID: 67349252278     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-008-0015-z     Document Type: Article

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