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W.D. Ortlepp

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12

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1.5K

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12

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1966

Active since

Affiliations

University of the Witwatersrand(Current)

W.D. Ortlepp is an author at University of the Witwatersrand specializing in engineering, civil engineering, and geomechanics.

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EngineeringGeomechanicsCivil EngineeringGeotechnical EngineeringGeologyEngineering GeologyTectonicsEarth ScienceMechanical EngineeringTunneling

Publications per year

1966–2005

12

Publications

12

Rockburst mechanisms in tunnels and shafts

W.D. Ortlepp, T.R. Stacey · Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology · 1994 · 550 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering, Structural Geology +8

Rock mechanics applied to the study of rockbursts.

N G W Cook, E. Hoek, Jaco Pretorius et al. · Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy · 1966 · 228 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering, Civil Engineering +3

The behaviour of tunnels at great depth under large static and dynamic pressures

W.D. Ortlepp · Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology · 2001 · 135 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Underground Infrastructure, Engineering +10

Observations relevant to seismic driving stress, stress drop, and efficiency

A. McGarr, S.M. Spottiswoode, N.C. Gay et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1979 · 126 citations

Engineering, Seismic Wave, Deep Mine +24

Observation of mining-induced faults in an intact rock mass at depth

W.D. Ortlepp · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2000 · 114 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Rock Testing, Fault Geometry +10

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