Rock burst and slabbing failure and its influence on TBM excavation at headrace tunnels in Jinping II hydropower station

Engineering Geology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-108

  Gong, Q M ^a   Yin, L J ^b   Wu, S Y ^c   Zhao, J ^b   Ting, Y ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Ertan Hydropower Development Company Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Jinping II Hydropower Station; Marble; Rock burst; Slabbing; TBM

Indexed keywords

BREAKAGE PROCESS; HEADRACE TUNNEL; IN-SITU; INSITU STRESS; JINPING II HYDROPOWER STATION; ROCK BURST FAILURE; ROCK SAMPLE; SLABBING; TBM; TRUE TRIAXIAL; TUNNEL BORING MACHINES; TUNNEL SUPPORT;

BORING MACHINES (MACHINE TOOLS); CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; EARTH BORING MACHINES; EXCAVATION; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; MARBLE; ROCK BURSTS;

ROCKS;

BREAKAGE; CUTTING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; IN SITU STRESS; MARBLE; ROCKBURST; SLAB; TBM; TUNNELING;

EID: 84855205019     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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