Stress distribution of rockfall events on galleries

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Geotechnology in Harmony with the Global Environment

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 2789-2792

  Chikatamarla, R ^a   Laue, J ^a   Springman, S M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAR INDUSTRY; CENTRIFUGE MODEL TEST; LS-DYNA; MULTIPOINT; POINT LOAD; ROCKFALLS; SNOW AVALANCHE; SOIL LAYER;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); BENDING TESTS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

ROCK BURSTS;

EID: 84857765343     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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