Monitoring the stability of hydro-caverns with rock mechanics instrumentation—a case study

• Main Authors: Kumar, Prabhat, Jhanwar, J.C., Kiran, S., Jha, B.K, Chakraborty, A.K., Bandopadhyay, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2004
• Subjects: Blasting; Long Rock
• Online Access: http://cimfr.csircentral.net/87/; http://cimfr.csircentral.net/87/1/16.pdf; http://www.sciencedirect.com

The Ghatghar pumped storage hydro-electric project is under construction in the Thane district of Maharastra state in India for the generation of 250MW of electricity. The scheme consists of two underground caverns, a machine hall, a transformer hall and intersections. The interconnections between t...