Tunnelling and Tunnel Mechanics

Tunnellingisanexcitingandrapidlyevolvingtechnology.Pioneeringprocesses are commonplace and innovative thinking continues to rewrite the rules. In civil engineering, tunnelling is one of the few areas where new horizons are constantly being discovered. But for the profession to reach its full potential, tunnelling needs to be more accessible to those talented engineers in search of new challenges and keen to make lasting contributions to society. In the eyes of too many, tunnelling is still seen as the exclusive domain of too few: a mysterious art form, accessible only to those who have already spent countless years perfecting their approach, a skill whose secrets remain suppressed. Over the following pages I hope to show that tunnelling need not be a closed book. I have omitted methods and de?nitions that depended more on h- torical precedent than modern scienti?c evaluation. Instead of confusing the reader with countless details and de?nitions that are in any case open to change, I have focused on the underlying concepts that make tunnelling e- ier to grasp. Sowhilethisbookisdesignedtoprovideaconcise,up-to-dateandusefulframe of reference to all those newly quali?ed and engaged in the ?eld, I hope that it will also serve to reveal to those talented engineers who thought they had found their niche above ground the very real opportunities and unanswered questions that await them underground.

Modern and concise approach to tunneling Special on rock and soil mechanics including computational methods Touches also the more practical aspects Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Auteur
Professor Dimitrios Kolymbas studierte Bauingenieurwesen an der Universität Karlsruhe, wo er am Institut für Boden- und Felsmechanik promovierte und sich habilitierte. Seit 1994 ist er Professor für Geotechnik und Tunnelbau an der Universität Innsbruck.

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The book covers not only practical aspects but also the underlying theoretical approaches. It also covers the fundamentals of rock mechanics. It addresses not only students but also professionals who are interested to understand the underlying principles and methods and possibly to further develop them. Emphasis is given to the mechanical approach rather than to hardly tractable empirical statements. The text is concise and comprises a large list of citations. Publications of the English and German speaking scientific communities have been taken into account.

Contenu
Design.- Installations in tunnels.- Investigation and description of the ground.- Heading.- Support.- Grouting and freezing.- The New Austrian Tunnelling Method.- Management of groundwater.- Application of compressed air.- Subaqueous tunnels.- Shafts.- Safety during construction.- Tunnelling Mechanics.- Behaviour of soil and rock.- Stress and deformation fields around a deep circular tunnel.- Supporting action of anchors/bolts.- Some approximate solutions for shallow tunnels.- Stability of the excavation face.- Earthquake effects on tunnels.- Settlement of the surface.- Stability problems in tunnelling.- Monitoring.- Numerical analysis of tunnels.