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CORRELATION OF GROUND BEHAVIOR UNDER STATIC BOADING WITH DYNAMIC RESPONSE

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 2458
Amount: $83,259.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1987
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
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8220 Russell Rd
Alexandria, VA 22309
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Dr Eugene L Foster
 (703) 360-3200
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Abstract

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROPOSED EFFORT ARE TO DEVELOP A GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION SCHEME AND A DESIGN METHODOLOGY FOR HARDENED UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES. THESE ARE TO BE ACHIEVED BY ENTENDING EXISTING NEW AUSTRIAN TUNNELING METHOD(NATM) TECHNIQUES THROUGH THEORETICAL MODELING COMBINED WITH EXPERIMENTATION TO ENABLE THEM TO BE USED FOR TWO PURPOSES: (1) TO DETERMINE, FROM NATM TECHNQUES THE GROSS PROPERTIES OF A ROCK FORMATION, AND (2) TO PROVIDE A DESIGN PROCEDURE FOR LININGS/TUNNEL SUPPORTS WHICH CAN BE USED WITHTHE GROSS FORMATION PROPERTIES OBTAINED IN (1) TO DESIGN A FACILITY HAVING A DESIRED LEVELOF HARDNESS/SURVIVABILITY.

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