Tunnelling & Underground Engineering

A compendium of terms, concepts, issues and methods involved in tunnel and chamber excavations and in lake-tap blasting, considering all aspects of the process from a conceptual to a practical involvement...

NUMGE 2018 is the ninth in a series of conferences on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering organized by the ERTC7 under the auspices of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). The conference provides a forum for exchange of ideas and discussion on..

Covers development of trenchless technology; pipejacking and microtunnelling methods equipment: shields and tunnel boring machines; pipejacking: line, drive pit, top side; equipment: microtunnelling; design concepts...

Hydropower can be a source of sustainable energy, provided environmental considerations are taken into account and economic aspects of hydropower design are addressed. Using concrete-lined pressure tunnels instead of steel pipes may be economically attractive but may also have limitations due to the..

This text delivers the best of the Second International Conference on this vital technology to the reader, sharing expertise across disciplines and addressing all sides of shotcrete use and development...

An excellent introduction to the design and construction of sprayed concrete lined (SCL) tunnels, covering all aspects of SCL tunnelling – from the constituents of sprayed concrete to detailed design and management during construction...

Presents papers on mine and mill tailings and mine waste, as well as current and future issues facing the mining and environmental communities. Subjects related to technical capabilities and developments, regulations and environmental concerns are.....

This practical guide describes the stage-by-stage development of a method for predicting the penetration rate (PR) and the advance rate (AR) for tunnel boring machines based on an expanded version of the Q-value, QTBM. The author analyzes 145 TBM tunnels that total 1,000km in length. He then develop..

This books tells the story of the project, based on the coverage in Construction News and with commentary taken from interviews with key project sources...

A comprehensive collection of papers dedicated to one of the most complex underground works recently undertaken, covering a variety of topics: Experiment and design; Construction and monitoring; Theoretical analysis and numerical simulation; Risk asssessment, and Project management. This book will b..

Providing a comprehensive text on tunneling and tunnel engineering applicable in general to all types of tunnels, the book has been revised to also provide coverage of water conveyance, navigation and material conveyance tunnels and deals with these subjects in detail. It covers all aspects of inves..

Between 1986 and 1996 there has been a worldwide trend towards increased use of Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs). This volume presents the latest scientific and practical development of TBM tunnelling, taking into consideration interactions between m.....