Effects of different empirical tunnel design approaches on rock mass behaviour during tunnel widening

Empirical based approaches play an important role in tunnel excavation and support system design. These approaches are considered to be very effective in optimising the process of tunnel excavation and particularly tunnel widening. Several reliable empirical approaches have been developed, however t...

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Main Authors: Babar Khan, S. Muhammad Jamil, Turab H. Jafri, Kamran Akhtar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019366034