ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT: Creep of the rocks surrounding a horizontal tunnel is considered. It is shown where the rock becomes dilatant, where compressible, if and where failure will occur and how much rock will be involved, where and when creep failure is to be expected, and how creep failure spreads into the mass of rock. The influence of an internal pressure on the above phenomena is also studied.

Keywords:
constitutive equation, initial data, excavation, Reservoir Characterization, Cristescu, dilatant, horizontal direction, closure, formulation, time effect
Subjects:
Reservoir Characterization
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1994. A.A. Balkema - Permission to Distribute - American Rock Mechanics Association
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