A case study on the stability of a big underground powerhouse cavern cut by an interlayer shear zone in the China Baihetan hydropower plant

Abstract The big underground powerhouse cavern of the China Baihetan hydropower plant is 438 m long, 34 m wide, and 88.7 m high. It is cut by a weak interlayer shear zone and its high sidewall poses a huge stability problem. This paper reports our successful solution of this problem through numerica...

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Main Authors: Lifang Zou, Guotao Meng, Jiayao Wu, Wei Fu, Weijiang Chu, Weiya Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-06-01
Series:Deep Underground Science and Engineering
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/dug2.12094
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