This paper proposed a modified Rock Mass Rating (RMR) system, the RMRHLW for evaluating rock quality of High-level Radioactive Waste (HLW) geological disposal engineering. Some salient factors, including weakening groundwater and temperature on uniaxial compressive strength, continuity index values, geostress, permeability, chemical properties, were further incorporated based widely used RMR sy...

Abstract The main purpose of the present study is to develop a debris flow susceptibility map mountain area (Susa Valley, Western Italian Alps) by using an upgraded version Bonetto et al. ( Journal Mountain Science 18, 2021) approach based on Rock Engineering System (RES) method. In particular, under investigation was discretized in 5 × 5-m grid which GIS-based analyses were performed. Starting...

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) is widely used in soil and rock engineering. In a variety of conditions, it is necessary to estimate the torque required for performing the reaming operation. Nevertheless, there is not presently a convenient method to accomplish this task. In this paper, to overcome this difficulty based on the basic concepts of rock engineering systems (RES), a model for ...

Geomembranes are an important component of modern engineered barriers to prevent the infiltration of stormwater and runoff into contaminated soil and rock as well as waste containment facilities--a function generally described as a geomembrane cover. This paper presents a case history involving a novel implementation of a geomembrane cover system. Due to this novelty, the design engineers neede...

In the tunnel construction, due to the limitation of the survey and design and the complex dynamics of tunnel surrounding rock geological conditions, so it is difficult for complex geology with the microscopic accurate grasp, often which caused by geological exploration data do not tally with the actual situation, often encountered in karst water inrush, large deformation in weak rock, cave-in ...

With the development of economic construction, underground space development continues to move towards the deep. "More, long, big, deep," will be the general trend of the development of underground engineering in the 21st century. Rock burst is a kind of sudden geological disasters with a higher frequency in deep tunnel construction. Rock burst prediction has very important significance for the...