Water saturation effect on the compressive strength of rocks

• Main Author: Ng, Kaihong.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/53878
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Water is the greatest enemy of conducting underground work that contributes to more uncertainty in the underground design work, for example tunneling, foundation and cavern. Therefore it is important to carry out experiment and investigate on how the moisture content in the rock affects its compress...