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Figure 16.18
Evaluation of the in-situ stress state with the aid of local stress measurements
and FE analyses (Kiehl 1991)
The dam site is located near the Rhine rift and is characterized by fold tectonics,
the structure of which indicates that the maximum tectonic stress component is ori-
ented in NW-SE direction (Schetelig 1991). This prediction has been approximately
confirmed by the interpretation of the stress measurements mentioned before, using
triaxial cells (Kiehl 1991b).
A systematic method for the determination of the large-scale in-situ stress state from
local stress measurements is the so-called “global stress interpretation model” proposed
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