The 57-km long,new Gotthard Base Tunnel(GBT)crosses over a 1.1-km long stretch containing kakirites,i.e.weak rocks which,depending on the degree of tectonisation,may exhibit severe squeezing behaviour upon tunnel exca...
We acknowledge the funding support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51879135 and 51879184);the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC)through the Discovery Grant No.72031326.
The shear behavior is regarded as the dominant property of rock joints and is dramatically affected by the joint surface roughness.To date,the effect of surface roughness on the shear behavior of rock joints under sta...
funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy(BMWi)under contract number02E10377
In the context of deep geological disposal of radioactive waste in clay formations, the thermo-hydro- mechanical (THM) behavior of the indurated Callovo-Oxfordian and Opalinus clay rocks has been extensively investi...
supported by the laboratory of soil mechanics of Abadgaran Negin Jonoobshargh Company
Lime concrete and lime treatment are two attractive techniques for geotechnical engineers.However,researches have rarely been carried out to study the effects of moisture and capillary action due to increasing groundw...
The accurate prediction of strength and deformability characteristics of rock mass is a challenging issue.In practice,properties of a rock mass are often estimated from available empirical relationships based on the u...
Anisotropy of the strength and deformation behaviors of fractured rock masses is a crucial issue for design and stability assessments of rock engineering structures, due mainly to the non-uniform and non- regular geom...
Knowledge of the strength and deformability of fractured rocks is important for design, construction and stability evaluation of slopes, foundations and underground excavations in civil and mining engineering. However...