overcoring

excavation

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In tunnels and underground excavations: Rock-mechanics investigation
One is an “overcoring” method (developed in Sweden and South Africa) used for ranges up to about 100 feet out from the drift and employing a cylindrical instrument known as a borehole deformeter. A small hole is drilled into the rock and the deformeter inserted. Diameter changes of…
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