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T1 Analysis of rock mass classifications for safer infrastructures
A1 Sánchez-Rodríguez, Sergio
A1 Pérez Acebo, Heriberto
A1 Gonzalo Orden, Hernán
A1 Fernández Gutiérrez, Jesús David
K1 Infraestructuras
K1 Infrastructures
K1 Ingeniería civil
K1 Civil engineering
K1 Transporte
K1 Transportation
K1 Geología
K1 Geology
AB In the construction of land transport infrastructures such as roads, highways, or railways,one of the factors that determine their design most is the characteristics of the terrainthrough which they run. Additionally, tunnels have become one of the most adoptedsolutions to reduce environmental impact. The characteristics of the rock mass are a keypoint to decide the layout of the tunnel and its construction method. However, the rockmasses are discontinuous, anisotropic, and heterogeneous media, so their classification andknowledge are needed for a safer design of these infrastructures.The rock mass is not an industrial material with “pre-established” properties andbehaviours, but rather a natural material that needs to be analyzed, understood, andstandardized. The need to understand the behaviour of the rock mass has led throughoutmodern history to the use of different standards, which lead to the development ofgeomechanical classifications, with the aim of establishing a common language thattranslates the very advanced geological language in the macro and microgeologicalbehaviour, which is needed for applications in civil engineering. In the last decades of the20th century, and in the present 21st, the efforts in the process of understanding the intactrock and the rock mass has been constantly increasing because a better understanding ofthe rock mass behaviour implies a better result in reached in projects involving affection torock masses. This paper briefly reviews the history of rock mass classifications, theirimplications in rock mechanics and their applicability in the definition of behaviours as afunction of natural conditions and human action, as well as their direct implication in somefields of the transport infrastructures management with regard to hazard and riskassessment.
PB Universidad de Burgos. Servicio de Publicaciones e Imagen Institucional
SN 978-84-18465-12-3
YR 2021
FD 2021-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6895
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6895
LA eng
NO Trabajo presentado en: R-Evolucionando el transporte, XIV Congreso de Ingeniería del Transporte (CIT 2021), realizado en modalidad online los días 6, 7 y 8 de julio de 2021, organizado por la Universidad de Burgos
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 18-abr-2024