Analysis of Rock Support Performance for Tunnelling in Weakness Zones Containing Swelling Clay

Weakness zones or faults containing swelling clay represent a challenging situation in hard rock tunnelling. When excavating in such zones, failures have occurred occasionally even though particular precautions have been taken. Instability has been encountered during tunnel excavation and sometimes...

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Main Author: Mao, Dawei
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for geologi og bergteknikk 2012
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-15262
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