This research work presents a case study of rock mass characterization on diversion tunnels at Diamer Basha Dam, Pakistan. Geological and geotechnical studies were performed to characterize the rock mass along the axis of diversion tunnel. The core specimens retrieved were tested in laboratory and physical and mechanical properties of the rock mass were determined. Detailed discontinuity survey...

The subtle alteration of surface geometry from a fresh to sheared usually results in considerable variation the shear strength jointed rock mass. Through profiling surfaces granite joints before and after tests, an evaluation scheme was newly proposed by determining desirable characteristic index sampling interval measurement order distinguish joint quantitatively. measured data demonstrated th...

The original DDARF (discontinuous deformation analysis for rock failure) can only generate uniform grids, and the increase in number of grids reduces efficiency calculation, which limits use large-scale geotechnical engineering. This is a problem that needs to be solved DDARF. A new method proposed this paper optimize generation DDARF, optimized heterogeneous grids. model Brazilian disc-splitti...

Gene flow between jointed goatgrass and winter wheat is a concern because transfer of herbicide-resistance genes from imidazolinone-resistant (IR) winter wheat cultivars to jointed goatgrass could restrict weed-management options for this serious weed of winter wheat cropping systems. The objectives of this study were (1) to investigate the frequency of interspecific hybridization between IR wh...