Existing strength criteria are mostly formulated to describe the mechanical properties of reconstituted soils. However, the engineering characteristics of struc
Since 2000, the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (ANDRA) has been constructing an Underground Research Laboratory (URL) at Bure (east of the
Unloading failure of rocks,especially highly stressed rocks,is one of the key issues in construction of underground structures.Based on this,analytical models f
Estimation of tunnel diameter convergence is a very important issue for tunneling construction,especially when the new Austrian tunneling method(NATM) is adopte
Many rock types have naturally occurring inherent anisotropic planes, such as bedding planes, foliation,or flow structures. Such characteristic induces directio