Excavation-induced hydraulic conductivity reduction around a tunnel - Part 1: Guideline for estimate of ground water inflow rate

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 560-566

  Fernandez, G ^a   Moon, J ^b  

^a Geotechnical Consultant   (United States)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground water inflow; Hydro mechanical coupling; Jointed rock; Lining like zone; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BEHAVIOR OF JOINT; CURRENT PRACTICES; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHODS; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOW REGIMES; FRACTURED ROCK MASS; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; GROUND WATER INFLOW; GROUNDWATER DRAWDOWN; HYDRO-MECHANICAL; HYDROMECHANICAL COUPLING; JOINTED ROCK; KEY VARIABLES; MATHEMATICAL DERIVATION; PACKER TESTS; ROCK PERMEABILITY; ROCK-MASS PERMEABILITY; STRESS-INDUCED; SURROUNDING ROCK;

EXCAVATION; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER LEVELS;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

COUPLING; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER CONTROL; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GUIDELINE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROMECHANICS; INFLOW; PERMEABILITY; TUNNELING; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 77953355548     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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