Risk assessment based selection of rock TBM for adverse geological conditions using Fuzzy-AHP

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 523-532

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

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adverse geological conditions; Fuzzy AHP; Geotechnical risk; TBM performance; TBM selection; Zagros long tunnel

Indexed keywords

FUZZY AHP; GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; GEOTECHNICAL RISKS; TBM PERFORMANCE; TBM SELECTION; ZAGROS LONG TUNNEL;

BORING MACHINES (MACHINE TOOLS); DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EARTH BORING MACHINES;

ADVANCE RATE; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GROUND CONDITIONS; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITE SELECTION; TBM; TUNNEL; TUNNELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

ZAGROS;

EID: 77957976482     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-009-0260-8     Document Type: Article

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