Performance prediction of hard rock TBM using Rock Mass Rating (RMR) system

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-345

  Khademi Hamidi, Jafar ^a   Shahriar, Kourosh ^a   Rezai, Bahram ^a   Rostami, Jamal ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field Penetration Index (FPI); Rock Mass Rating (RMR) classification system; TBM performance

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMPIRICAL PREDICTIVE MODELS; FIELD PENETRATION; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS; HARD ROCKS; IN-DEPTH STUDY; INPUT PARAMETER; MULTIVARIATE MODELS; NON-LINEAR; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION; POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION MODELS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; ROCK MASS RATING; TUNNEL AXIS; TUNNEL PROJECTS; UNIVERSAL MODEL;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; GROUNDWATER; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS; TUNNELING MACHINES;

EARTH BORING MACHINES;

HARD ROCK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TBM; TUNNEL DESIGN;

IRAN; ZAGROS;

EID: 77952551089     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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