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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786641703321

Titolo

Comprehensive rock engineering . Volume 5 Surface and underground case histories : principles, practice & projects / / editor-in-chief, John A. Hudson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Pergamon Press, , 1993

©1993

ISBN

1-4832-9798-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1004 p.)

Disciplina

624.1/5132

624.15132

Soggetti

Rock mechanics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Surface and Underground Case Histories; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Contributors to Volume 5; Contents of All Volumes; Editor-in-Chief's Note; Chapter 1. The Expanding Role of Rock Engineering in Developing National and Local Infrastructures; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; 1.3 CLASSIFICATION OF UNDERGROUND USES; 1.4 BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES; 1.5 CONTEMPORARY USES OF UNDERGROUND SPACE IN ROCK; 1.6 CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS; 1.7 REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Subsurface Space - An Important Dimension in Swedish Construction

2.1 INTRODUCTION2.2 ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVANTAGES; 2.3 GEOINVESTIGATIONS AND DESIGN; 2.4 HARD ROCK TUNNELING; 2.5 CONCLUDING REMARKS; 2.6 REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Recent Developments in Rock Engineering in Norway: Gas-tight Rock Caverns, Subsea Road Tunnels, Steel-fiber Reinforced Shotcrete; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 AIR- AND GAS-TIGHT ROCK CAVERNS; 3.3 SUBSEA ROAD TUNNELS; 3.4 STEEL-FIBER REINFORCED SHOTCRETE; 3.5 REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Design of Large Power house Caverns in Weak Rock; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 ROCK MASS STRENGTH; 4.3 IN SITU STRESS CONDITIONS



4.4 PILLAR SIZE BETWEEN EXCAVATIONS4.5 PROBLEMS IN USING A CONCRETE ARCH IN WEAK ROCK; 4.6 CHOICE OF CAVERN SHAPE; 4.7 INFLUENCE OF JOINTS AND BEDDING PLANES; 4.8 INFLUENCE OF ROOF SHAPE ON STABILITY; 4.9 DESIGN OF REINFORCEMENT; 4.10 EXCAVATION METHODS; 4.11 CAVERN INSTRUMENTATION; 4.12 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; 4.13 REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Power Caverns of Mingtan Pumped Storage Project, Taiwan; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 GEOLOGY; 5.3 ROCK PROPERTIES; 5.4 DESIGN DETAILS; 5.5 ACTUAL BEHAVIOR OF ROOF AND HAUNCHES DURING EXCAVATION OF THE CAVERN ROOF; 5.6 NUMERICAL MODEL ANALYSES

5.7 CAVERN BEHAVIOR DURING BENCHING EXCAVATION BELOW HAUNCHES5.8 CONCLUSIONS; 5.9 REFERENCES; Chapter 6. The Agua del Toro Dam, Mendoza, Argentina - A Case of Insufficient Surface Geology Studies Affecting Underground Excavations; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 LOCATION; 6.3 GENERAL LAYOUT; 6.4. GEOLOGICAL SETTING; 6.5 GEOTECHNICAL PROBLEMS; 6.6 GEOMECHANICAL TESTS; 6.7 FAULT ACTIVITY AND INFLUENCE OF THE DIAMANTE VOLCANO; 6.8 REFERENCES; Chapter 7. The Rio Grande Pumped Storage Complex, Cordova Province - A Case Study of Excavations in Contrasting Rock Anisotropy; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 LOCATION

7.3 GENERAL LAYOUT7.4 GEOLOGICAL SETTING; 7.5 GEOTECHNICAL PROBLEMS; 7.6 REFERENCES; Chapter 8. A Case History in Argentina-Rock Mechanics for the Underground Works in the Pumping Storage Development of Rio Grande No 1; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 LOCATION AND SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE RIO GRANDE PROJECT; 8.3 GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE SITE; 8.4 GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF EXPOSED SURFACES; 8.5 BOREHOLES; 8.6 GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; 8.7 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ROCK MASS; 8.8 UNDERGROUND EXCAVATIONS; 8.9 SUPPORT DESIGN; 8.10 MONITORING; 8.11 CONCLUSIONS; 8.12 REFERENCES

Chapter 9. Rock Instrumentation - Developments and Case Studies from Australia

Sommario/riassunto

Surface and Underground Project Case Histories