Research Article

Identifying Effective Rock-Breaking Ratio Based on Rock Chip Information for Rock-Breaking Efficiency Evaluation of TBM

Table 5

Ratios of major axis to medium axis and minor axis for different lithologies.

Lithology

Hornblende quartz schist1.634.28
Granite1.423.66
Sandy mudstone and siltstone interbedded1.943.21
Quartz sandy conglomerate1.776.43