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Publications tagged with [RMR]
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Hussain G.
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Singh Y.
et al.
<p>The national highways are always considered as the economic backbone of the country and have often assisted development work all along their routes. The National Highway (NH-1D) is the most strategic and the only all weather surface link between the two ...
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Rock Mechanics -
Rock Slope Stability
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Geomaterials, 2015, 5, 56-67
Celada B.
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Tardaguila I.
et al.
<p>The Rock Mass Rating (RMR) System was introduced over 40 years ago, and since then has become a worldwide reference, along with the Q system, for design applications involving estimation of rock mass properties and tunnel support. A massive database of ...
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Engineering Geology -
Geological Investigation
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Proceedings of the World Tunnel Congress 2014 – Tunnels for a better Life. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.
<p>For professional tunnel engineers, for whom money and time are in short supply particularly in early stages of a project, this paper critically assesses what works best with the RMR system, today 40 years after its development and extensive accumulated ...
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Tunnel Engineering -
Primary Support Systems
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RAPID EXCAVATION & TUNNELING CONFERENCE, June 2013
In this work Data Mining tools are used to develop new and innovative models for the estimation of the rock deformation modulus and the Rock Mass Rating (RMR). A database published by Chun et al. (2008) was used to develop these models. The parameters of ...
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Rock Mechanics -
Rock Classification
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Geotechnical and Geological Engineering August 2012, Volume 30, Issue 4, pp 787-801
Current approaches to rockfall hazard and risk mitigation have been dominated by a model in which rockfall is treated as a global slope stability phenomenon which is mainly triggered by precipitation, freeze-thaw, or root wedging. The methods implemented by ...
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Rock Mechanics -
Rock Falls
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Doctor of Philosophy, The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska
Toševski A.
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Pollak D.
et al.
<p>The paper presents geological and engineering geological characteristics of the Strazˇina Tunnel along the Bisko-Šestanovac section of the Zagreb-Split-Dubrovnik highway in Croatia. This paper compares the actual conditions of the rock mass during ...
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Tunnel Engineering -
Tunnel Rock Behavior - Classification
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Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, (2010)
After 35 years of use throughout the tunnelling world, the RMR and Qclassifications have proved themselves on numerous projects. They stillface misconceptions however, as reflected in recent articles in T&TInternational. Here, Nick Barton, of Nick Barton ...
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Rock Mechanics -
Rock Classification
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Tunnels & Tunnelling International FEBRUARY 2008
This paper questions the application of rock mass classification systems in engineering geology problems.
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Rock Mechanics -
Rock Classification
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SAIMM, SANIRE and ISRM 6 th International Symposium on Ground Support in Mining and Civil Engineering Construction
Hoek E.
et al.
<p>In this paper the historical development of the Hoek-Brown failure criterion and the associated Geological Strength Index (GSI) has been presented.</p>
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Rock Mechanics -
Rock Strength
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Soils and Rocks, No. 2. November 2007.
Galera J. M.
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Alvarez M.
et al.
This paper presents the result of comparison between the modulus of deformation obtained from dilatometer tests and the geomechanical quality of the rock mass using the RMR classification and the basic intact rock properties such as uniaxial compressive strength ...
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Rock Mechanics -
Rock Classification
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Workshop: Underground Works under Special Conditions