Underground construction : case studies and analysis

• Main Author: Boon, Chia Weng.
• Other Authors: Low Bak Kong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15971
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This report addresses two most common stress-controlled stability problems in underground excavation, namely squeezing and spalling. An extensive review of case studies have been included in the Appendix, from which two have been selected for discussion in the main text: the Kaligandaki ‘A’ hydroel...