Analysis of External Water Pressure for a Tunnel in Fractured Rocks

External water pressure around tunnels is a main influential factor in relation to the seepage safety of underground chambers and powerhouses which make managing external water pressure crucial to water conservation and hydropower projects. The equivalent continuous medium model and the discrete fra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ze-jun Liu, Yong Huang, Ding Zhou, Hong Ge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Geofluids
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8618613