"RIB-IN-ROC" PRE-REINFORCEMENT SYSTEM FOR LARGE UNDERGROUND OPENINGS

This paper summarises the results of a two-and-a-half year research programme, the objective of which was to develop a fundamental understanding of the rib-in-roc method. Through the development of a new model technology, namely three-dimensional physical models which powerfully exploit the results of dimensional analysis, it has been possible to establish the contribution to both permanent and immediate stabilisation of a large underground opening pre-reinforced by the rib-in-roc method. Using the results from these physical models and earlier work by Stillborg and Stephansson and Akesson, this paper demonstrates that the rib-in-roc method is a practical working system of pre-reinforcement. (TRRL)

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  Morgan-Grampian Limited

  30 Calderwood Street
  London SE18 6QH,   England 
• Authors:
  • Stillborg, B L
• Publication Date: 1980-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 23-27
• Serial:
  • Tunnels & Tunnelling International
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Progressive Media Markets, Ltd
  • ISSN: 0041-414X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Mathematical models; Reinforcement (Engineering); Rocks; Tunneling
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Rock tunneling
• ITRD Terms: 3666: Construction method; 224: Cost; 4794: Reinforced concrete; 3471: Reinforcement (in mater); 4154: Rock; 3605: Timbering; 3374: Tunnel; 3385: Tunnel lining
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00330365
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 9 1981 12:00AM