The use of stress-strength relationships in the assessment of tunnel stability

Engineering classification of rock masses for the design of tunnel support

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Geotechnical Engineering, Rock Slide, Rock Testing +10

Empirical Strength Criterion for Rock Masses

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Geotechnical Engineering, Rock Testing, Earthquake Engineering +12

Engineering classification of jointed rock masses

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1974 · 941 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering, Civil Engineering +5

Support of Underground Excavations in Hard Rock

John Cogan · Environmental and Engineering Geoscience · 1996 · 724 citations

Engineering, Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology +16

Correlation between observed support pressure and rock mass quality

Bhawani Singh, J.L. Jethwa, A.K. Dube et al. · Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology · 1992 · 211 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering, Civil Engineering +4