Rock mass characterization and rock property variability considerations for tunnel and cavern design

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 379-399

  Cai, M ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cavern; Deformation modulus; GSI system; Probabilistic design; Rock mass strength; Rock support; Tunnel; Uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

CAVERN; DEFORMATION MODULUS; GSI SYSTEM; PROBABILISTIC DESIGN; ROCK MASS STRENGTH; ROCK SUPPORT; UNCERTAINTY; VARIABILITY;

CAVES; CHARACTERIZATION; DEFORMATION; DESIGN; ELASTIC MODULI; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM VARIABLES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TUNNELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ROCKS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CAVERN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; IN SITU STRESS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCK PROPERTY; TUNNEL DESIGN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLUME;

EID: 79960078031     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-011-0138-5     Document Type: Article

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