... Abstract The Future Circular Collider (FCC) aims to become the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world located in parts of France and Switzerland. In order to host such an ambitious machine, a tunnel with a length of 97.75 km is currently under feasibility study...

... in Switzerland (Valley and Evans 2009). complex reservoir exponent Switzerland Reservoir Characterization geothermal reservoir borehole hydraulic fracturing Cantor preliminary fractal analysis Upstream Oil & Gas natural fracture power-law distribution basel-1 geothermal well acoustic...

..., Switzerland. At this testing facility, prototype flexible rockfall barriers are tested according to the European Standards (ETAG 027 guidelines) and Swiss guidelines. Recently the surrounding 150 m limestone rock-face became unstable releasing rockfalls which endangered the testing facility. In some cases...

... fluid modeling equation of state Disposal waste management hydraulic fracturing Martin Reservoir Characterization Upstream Oil & Gas reservoir geomechanics fracture aperture indurated claystone proceedings excavation EDZ Switzerland reduction microtunnel Lisjak boundary...

... infrastructure. Opalinus Clay is the preferred host rock for spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste and one possible host rock for long-lived and intermediate to low-level waste in Switzerland. It is a moderately to heavily overconsolidated claystone of Jurassic age with relatively uniform thickness...

... and security of repositories and their dangerous content. Nanoseismic Monitoring decreases the time required for first hints and mapping of active fault zones from decades to the scale of months and years. The rock laboratory at Mont Terri (Switzerland) is the Swiss research test site to evaluate...

... Abstract Iron ore has been mined from Gonzen mine, in Sargans, Switzerland, since Roman times. The mine has been inactive since it closed in 1966. Observations of different failure types have been used to calibrate the likely stress field using continuum models. Observed failures included...

... Innovative technology for ground support with a fast, safe and fully mechanized installation of mesh system A. Kruukka & E. Swedberg LKAB, Kiruna, Sweden S. Brown ROCK Australia, Welshpool, Australia C. Balg & E. Gröner GEOBRUGG AG, Romanshorn, Switzerland Abstract: Ever increasing depth...

... ABSTRACT: The Arvel quarry is located at the end of the Rhône valley (southwestern Switzerland) and is one of the most important producers of ballast and other construction material in Switzerland. On the 12 December 2008, a rockslide of about 20'000m3 occurred in the upper part of the quarry...

... equilibrium codes. 1 INTRODUCTION The Lake Lucerne is located in the central part of the Switzerland. It is a fjord-type, Perialpine Lake of glacial origin and composed of seven steep-sided subbassins (Strasser et al. 2007). Its bedrock is composed from S to N by the Helvetic Nappes, the Subalpine Molasse...

... landslide area fangtobel GeoAlertNet displacement rate geotechnical sensor solexpert ag Switzerland transceiver sollberger wireless sensor network project area landslide engelberg node Fangtobel sensor node base station central switzerland landslide area Rock Mechanics...

... Consortium Alpenstrom , Zurich, Switzerland (IM Locarno, IUB Berne, ILF Rum/Austria, ILF Zurich, KBM Sion, R. Andenmatten Visp) D. Fellner Axpo Hydraulic Energy Division (formerly NOK), Baden, Switzerland ABSTRACT: In the Glarner Alpes, about 90 km south-east of Zurich (Switzerland), construction has begun...

... ABSTRACT: The Opalinus Clay is considered as a potential host rock for deep geological disposal of nuclear waste in Switzerland. The constructability and the short-term stability of a repository are influenced by the mechanical properties of multi-scale discontinuities, which are either...

... ABSTRACT: Opalinus Clay is considered to be a potential rock mass for the disposal of high level nuclear waste in Switzerland. This relatively weak over-consolidated clay shale has several benefiting characteristics, like low permeability and the potential for self-sealing that make it a first...

..., in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada and agreement was achieved. This method could be an important consideration for nu-clear waste storage in sedimentary rocks, such as the Cobourg limestone or Queenston siltstone in Canada or the Opalinus claystone in France and Switzerland. 1 INTRODUCTION Anisotropic ground...

... large scale field tests were carried out in Felsberg near Chur, Switzerland. This paper summarizes the information gained and conclusions drawn for the practical application of flexible rope nets anchored by nails or rock anchors. 1 INTRODUCTION Flexible rope net systems frequently open up...

..., on standard tensile tests, and on tests to determine the local force transmission. resistance test setup boulder application spiral rope spiral rope net boundary rope bearing resistance experiment Switzerland arrangement spike plate rock protection system corrosion requirement restraint...

... ground transportation borehole Switzerland rail transportation traffic portal sedimentary slice Lötschberg Base Tunnel Jungfrau Wedge intrusion zone ferden Reservoir Characterization mitholz water influx excavation Drilling rockburst base tunnel injection material tunnel...

... access shaft irreversible displacement Switzerland rail transportation Observation Platform instrument excavation thermocouple ground transportation observatory discontinuity sensor construction rock ridge Sphinx Reservoir Characterization Jungfraujoch displacement inclinometer...