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Rock bolt, the Glossary

Index Rock bolt

A rock bolt is a long anchor bolt, for stabilizing rock excavations, which may be used in tunnels or rock cuts.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 8 relations: Anchor bolt, Big Dig, Epoxy, Fiberglass, New Austrian tunneling method, Property, Rockfall, Snowy Mountains Scheme.

  2. Tunnel construction

Anchor bolt

Anchor bolts are used to connect structural and non-structural elements to concrete.

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Big Dig

The Big Dig was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the then elevated Central Artery of Interstate 93 that cut across Boston into the O'Neill Tunnel and built the Ted Williams Tunnel to extend Interstate 90 to Logan International Airport.

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Epoxy

Epoxy is the family of basic components or cured end products of epoxy resins.

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Fiberglass

Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.

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New Austrian tunneling method

The New Austrian tunneling method (NATM), also known as the sequential excavation method (SEM) or sprayed concrete lining method (SCL), is a method of modern tunnel design and construction employing sophisticated monitoring to optimize various wall reinforcement techniques based on the type of rock encountered as tunneling progresses. Rock bolt and New Austrian tunneling method are tunnel construction.

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Property

Property is a system of rights that gives people legal control of valuable things, and also refers to the valuable things themselves.

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Rockfall

A rockfall or rock-fallWhittow, John (1984).

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Snowy Mountains Scheme

The Snowy Mountains Scheme, also known as the Snowy Hydro or the Snowy scheme, is a hydroelectricity and irrigation complex in south-east Australia.

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See also

Tunnel construction

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_bolt

Also known as Rockbolt.