Rock block loads in a tunnel in hard jointed rock: A comparison between estimations based on outcrop and underground structural survey

2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARM 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1739-1746

  Cravero, M ^a   Iabichino, G ^a   Piana, F ^a   Tallone, S ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ROCK MECHANICS; SURVEYS;

INDUCED DAMAGE; LOAD CONDITION; LOAD ESTIMATION; LOAD FREQUENCY; MOTORWAY TUNNELS; RELATIVE ORIENTATION; STRUCTURAL SURVEYS; UNDERGROUND EXCAVATION;

ROCKS;

EID: 85054565618     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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