A new hard rock TBM performance prediction model for project planning

Utilizing rock mass properties for predicting TBM performance in hard rock condition

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology · 2007 · 346 citations

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Development of a rock mass characteristics model for TBM penetration rate prediction

Q.M. Gong, Jian Zhao · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2008 · 333 citations

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TBM Performance Analysis in Pyroclastic Rocks: A Case History of Karaj Water Conveyance Tunnel

Jafar Hassanpour, Jamal Rostami, Mashalah Khamehchiyan et al. · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering · 2009 · 210 citations

Engineering, Geological Engineering, Geology +14

TBM performance estimation using rock mass classifications

Michele Sapigni, Matteo Berti, E. Bethaz et al. · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2002 · 202 citations

Engineering, Geological Engineering, Mining Engineering +13

Developing new equations for TBM performance prediction in carbonate-argillaceous rocks: a case history of Nowsood water conveyance tunnel

Jafar Hassanpour, Jamal Rostami, Mashalah Khamehchiyan et al. · Geomechanics and Geoengineering · 2009 · 139 citations

Engineering, Earth Sciences, Geological Engineering +17