Download or read book Geotechnical Risk in Rock Tunnels written by Antnio Campos e Matos and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-06-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tunnels have a high degree of risk that needs to be assessed and managed. Underground works intersect and interact with natural materials, incorporating their characteristics as structural components of their own stability. For this reason geotechnical risk analyses are implemented at all phases of tunnel construction, from design through to post-c