Investigation on rock breaking and optimum spacing of TBM cutters under confining stress using a continuum-discontinuum method

Tie Wang

Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China

Chengzeng Yan

Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China

State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Construction and Healthy Operation and Maintenance of Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China

National Center for International Research on Deep Earth Drilling and Resource Development, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China

Hong Zheng

Key Laboratory of Urban Security and Disaster Engineering, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0955799724002509