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15 Sep 78
approaches to tunnel and shaft support design over the past three-
quarters of a century.
Early work tended to assume that the rock exerted a fixed load
were proposed - the Terzaghi Rock Load tables are one example.
this view.
OF SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS
ation is typically much less than one inch (e.g. if a = 100 in. a =
movements along joints, between grains, etc. Some of this may occur
ahead of the face, but once the walls are exposed the deformation develops
more rapidly. Also, stress concentrations at the tunnel face and for some
dipping into the face), allowing the tunnel walls to deform further
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