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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hudson, John A., publishing director.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock mechanics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1004 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Pergamon Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Surface and Underground Project Case Histories

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 12, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4832-9798-5