Geotechnical engineering design of a tunnel support system - a case study of Karuma (600MW) hydropower project

Tunnels have been built since 2180 B.C., through the stone age. They became popular worldwide since the eighteenth century, as transportation, military, mining, conveyance, storage and flood control structures. Due to the increasing world population, urbanization and industrialization, the construct...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ongodia, Joan Evelyn
Other Authors: Kalumba, Denis
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25498