Tunnelling and Tunnel Mechanics: A Rational Approach to Tunnelling / Edition 1

by Dimitrios Kolymbas

Overview

This book covers not only practical aspects but also the underlying theoretical approaches. It also covers the fundamentals of rock mechanics. The book 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540251965
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	03/15/2008
Edition description:	1st ed. 2005. Corr. 2nd printing 2008
Pages:	438
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"First, it provides a comprehensive coverage of the entire spectrum of tunneling in a single volume. … Second, this new book is one of the few tunneling books in English by authors from a G-A-Ch country (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland). The G-A-CH countries are known to have a rich concentration of tunnel engineers, consultants, contractors and machine manufacturers, and a long tradition in tunneling practice and research. … This book is worth a thorough reading from cover to cover … ." (W. Wu, Acta Geotechnica, April, 2006)

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