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A method is proposed for constructing a three-dimensional block structure on the basis of jointed rock parameters. The possibility of estimating the stability of underground structures on the basis of a geometric analysis of the block structure and isolating the most dangerous sections is shown. A method of determining the optimal location of an underground structure from the parameters of the joint system is given.
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Institute of Dynamics of the Geosphere, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 2, pp. 17–20, March–April, 1994.
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Kocharyan, G.G., Kulyukin, A.M. Construction of a three-dimensional block structure on the basis of jointed rock parameters estimating the stability of underground workings. Soil Mech Found Eng 31, 62–66 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02335014
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