Abstract
The primary goal of this thesis was the formulation of an integrated effort to collect, maintain, exchange, and evaluate engineering data on rock materials from a variety of information sources. The proposed rock evaluation program provides a data base of accumulated information by establishing procedures for characterizing rock, from specimen acquisition through indexing, classification and correlation studies of data, and the application of data for site selection, use tables, establishment of design parameters and alternatives, and maintenance of engineered facilities. The co-ordinated evaluation system detailed herein provides guidelines for implementation of an extensive system of data storage and retrieval to investigate the physico-mechanical aspects of both intact rock samples and in-situ rock masses. The exchange of disciplined information would be to the mutual benefit of practicing engineers and research scientists and would advance the study of rock behavior.
Report Date
2-1-1975
Report Number
No. 416
Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1975.416
Repository Citation
Palmer, M. W., "Data Acquisition and Management for Rock Evaluation" (1975). Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report. 1091.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ktc_researchreports/1091
Notes
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