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Author:

Farrokh, Ebrahim

Title:

Study of Utilization Factor and Advance Rate of Hard Rock TBMS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

TBM
Hard Rock
Advance Rate
Utilization
Cutter Life
Learning Phase

File:

Download Thesis-rev3.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamal Rostami, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr R Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member
Dr Prasenjit Basu, Special Member

Author:

Alavi Gharahbagh, Ehsan

Title:

Development of a Soil Abrasion Test and Analysis of Impact of Soil Properties on Tool Wear for Soft-ground Mechanized Tunneling

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Soil Abrasion
Tool wear
Soft-ground mechanized tunneling
EPB and Slurry TBM
Wear Prediction
Soil Conditioning

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamal Rostami, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member

Author:

Onal, Erol

Title:

Stability Analyses of Differently Shaped Salt Caverns for Underground Natural Gas Storage

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

natural gas
underground storage
salt caverns
cavern stability
parametric study
cavern design

File:

Download ErolOnal_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor