How highly stressed brittle rock failure impacts tunnel design

Rock Mechanics in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Proceedings of the European Rock Mechanics Symposium, EUROCK 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 27-38

  Kaiser, P K ^a  

^a CEMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); ROCK MECHANICS; SPALLING; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); TUNNELS;

BRITTLE FAILURE PROCESS; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; REHABILITATION WORKS; ROCK MASS FAILURES; SHEAR FAILURE MODEL; STRENGTH PARAMETERS; SUPPORT SYSTEMS; UNDERGROUND EXCAVATION;

ROCKS;

EID: 79960085719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/b10550-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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