Assessment of rock mass strength for underground excavations

Engineering classification of rock masses for the design of tunnel support

Nick Barton, R. Lien, Jenny Lunde · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering · 1974 · 2.9K citations

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering +14

Empirical Strength Criterion for Rock Masses

E. Hoek, E.T. Brown · Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division · 1980 · 1.7K citations

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering +17

Determining rock mass deformability: experience from case histories

Z.T. Bieniawski · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1978 · 605 citations

Engineering, Geological Engineering, Geology +14

Hoek-Brown failure criterion - a 1988 update

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1990 · 338 citations

Engineering, High-performance Computing, Process Safety +6

The squeezing potential of rocks around tunnels; Theory and prediction

�. Aydan, T. Akagi, T. Kawamoto · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering · 1993 · 264 citations

Engineering, Mining Engineering, Rock Mechanics +8