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Abstract: Hydro power projects developed in mountainous regions throughout the world envisages construction of underground water conductor system and Surge shafts. In India these are generally constructed by using conventional drilling and blasting methods for excavation. During excavation of cavity, surrounding rock gets disturbed with blasting and there is sometimes cavity/crack formation/opening of...
Abstract: Hydropower projects developed in mountainous regions throughout the world are generally associated with adverse and challenging geological conditions which in some cases manifest themselves into formation of large underground cavities. Formation of large underground cavities is broadly associated with either weak rock conditions which are very common in complex geological environment or...