Damage caused by mechanized tunnel boring in high-stress hard rock
Behrouz Doroodian a, Kaveh Ahangari a, AliNoorzad b
a Department of Mining Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
b Department of Civil Engineering, Water and Environmental Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Received 17 September 2021, Revised 10 January 2022, Accepted 13 February 2022, Available online 17 February 2022.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214391222000253
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