Experimental study on the adaptability of cutters with different blade widths under hard rock and extremely hard rock conditions

Disc cutting tests in Colorado Red Granite: Implications for TBM performance prediction

Richard Gertsch, Leslie Gertsch, Jamal Rostami · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2006 · 374 citations

Engineering, Earth Sciences, Geological Engineering +7

A new hard rock TBM performance prediction model for project planning

Jafar Hassanpour, Jamal Rostami, Jian Zhao · Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology · 2011 · 304 citations

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering +8

Evaluation of cutting efficiency during TBM disc cutter excavation within a Korean granitic rock using linear-cutting-machine testing and photogrammetric measurement

Jung-Woo Cho, Seokwon Jeon, Hoyoung Jeong et al. · Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology · 2013 · 297 citations

Engineering, Geological Engineering, Rock Mechanics +5

Study of pressure distribution within the crushed zone in the contact area between rock and disc cutters

Jamal Rostami · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2013 · 201 citations

Engineering, Geological Engineering, Mining Engineering +11

Numerical simulation of rock fragmentation induced by a single TBM disc cutter close to a side free surface

Yi Xia, Bao Guo, G.Q. Cong et al. · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2016 · 148 citations

Engineering, Earth Sciences, Mining Engineering +16