Excavation unloading destruction phenomena in rock dam foundations

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-262

  Wu, Faquan ^a   Liu, Tong ^a   Liu, Jianyou ^a   Tang, Xianliang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Kunming Hydropower Investigation and Design Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Dam foundations; Excavation unloading destruction (EUD); High geo stress; Rock burst

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION SITES; CRITICAL STRESS; DAM CONSTRUCTIONS; DAM FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATION UNLOADING DESTRUCTION (EUD); HIGH GEO-STRESS; HORIZONTAL TECTONIC STRESS; MOHR COULOMBS; NEAR SURFACES; ROCK DAM FOUNDATIONS; ROCK MASS; SOUTHWEST CHINAS;

EMBANKMENT DAMS; EXCAVATION; GAS HAZARDS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LANDFORMS; ROCK BURSTS; ROCK PRESSURE; UNLOADING;

ROCKS;

BLASTING; COULOMB CRITERION; DAM CONSTRUCTION; FOUNDATION; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCKBURST; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION; UNLOADING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIAOWAN DAM; YUNNAN;

EID: 67349286459     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-009-0202-5     Document Type: Article

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