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1Lu, Yun

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1Martin, Derek (Civil and Environmental Engineering)

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1Excavation damage zone
1Grain-based model
1Rock strength

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1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Estimating Rock Strength of Moderately Fractured EDZ in Hard Rock Tunnels: Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory
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Fall 2014

Lu, Yun

Underground openings create various excavation-induced responses. The most noticeable response is the readily observed excavation damaged zone (EDZ) where the mechanical properties of the rock mass have been irreversibly altered, i.e., damaged. Within this damaged zone the stresses and...

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