DETERMINATION OF THE DEFORMATION MODULUS OF ROCK FROM TUNNEL AND BOREHOLE LOADING TESTS

Exact solutions are presented for the radial displacement of plates and cylindrical membranes jacked or expanded against the walls of a circular tunnel or borehole. The plates have been assumed as either perfectly flexible or perfectly rigid and the surrounding rock mass has been assumed to behave as a homogeneous, isotropic, linear elastic continuum. The application of these solutions to the interpretation of plate jacking tests in tunnels, small jacking tests in boreholes and pressuremeter tests in boreholes has been discussed. (Author/TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Papers presented during the Geomechanics-Interaction, Fourth Australia-New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Perth, Western Australia, 14-18 May 1984, Volumes I and II.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Engineers

  11 National Circuit
  Barton, A.C.T.,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Carter, J P
  • BOOKER, J R
• Publication Date: 1984-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 509-513
• Monograph Title: GEOMECHANICS - INTERACTION. FOURTH AUSTRALIA - NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE ON GEOMECHANICS, PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 14-18 MAY 1984. PREPRINTS OF PAPERS. VOLUMES I AND II
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 84/2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boreholes; Conferences; Deformation; Instruments for measuring loads or pressure; Jacks; Load tests; Loads; Mass; Modulus; Modulus of elasticity; Motion; Plate bearing test; Pressiometric probes; Pressure; Pressure gages; Radials; Rocks; Tests; Tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pressiometer; Rock mass
• ITRD Terms: 5711: Bore hole; 8525: Conference; 3831: Jack; 5567: Load; 5919: Modulus of elasticity; 5483: Movement; 6279: Plate bearing test; 6128: Pressiometer; 5412: Pressure; 9065: Radial; 4154: Rock; 6255: Test; 3374: Tunnel
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00392060
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-85825-208-2
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 29 1985 12:00AM