Prediction of rock brittleness using nondestructive methods for hard rock tunneling

The material and elastic properties of rocks are utilized for predicting and evaluating hard rock brittleness using artificial neural networks (ANN). Herein hard rock brittleness is defined using Yagiz' method. A predictive model is developed using a comprehensive database compiled from 30 year...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rennie B. Kaunda, Brian Asbury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-08-01
Series:Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674775516300038