Reliability assessment of ultimate and serviceability limit states of underground rock caverns

• Main Authors: Wong, J. Y. K., Zhang, Wengang, Goh, Anthony Teck Chee
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94534; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8183
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Both the stress-induced and structurally controlled instabilities are investigated by means of the Distinct Element program UDEC. The Factor of Safety is used as the criterion for the Ultimate Limit State and the volume of rock mass displaced into the cavern was adopted as the Serviceability Limit S...