Research Article

Characteristics of the In Situ Stress Field and Engineering Effect along the Lijiang to Shangri-La Railway on the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau, China

Table 3

Russenes criterion of rock burst [40].

σθ/RcGrade

0.20∼0.30Weak
0.30∼0.55Moderate
≥0.55Strong

σθ is the tangential stress of the surrounding rocks (σθ = 3σ1σ3), and Rc is the compressive strength of the rocks.