Experimental Study of Cracking Characteristics of Kowloon Granite Based on Three Mode I Fracture Toughness Methods
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DOI: 10.1007/s00603-019-01882-w
Abstract: Mode I fracture toughness is an important material parameter of rock. To date, a number of laboratory methods have been developed to measure the mode I fracture toughness. Although the fracture toughness values measured by… read more here.
Keywords: kowloon granite; fracture; cracking characteristics; fracture toughness ... See more keywords
Using slurry TBM data to assess the variability of weathered Kowloon granite
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DOI: 10.1144/qjegh2022-032
Abstract: Parallel running tunnels were driven by a 7.46m diameter slurry tunnel boring machine (TBM) through weathered Kowloon granite in Hong Kong for MTR Contract SCL 1103. The final part of the tunnelling was in a… read more here.
Keywords: strength; tbm; tbm data; weathered kowloon ... See more keywords