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Tunnelling and Tunnel Mechanics

A Rational Approach to Tunnelling

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  • © 2005

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Authors:
  1. Dimitrios Kolymbas

    1. Fakultät für Bauingenieurwissenschaften Institut für Infrastruktur Arbeitsbereich für Geotechnik und Tunnelbau, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

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  • 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

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Design

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      Pages 3-30

    3. Installations in tunnels

      Pages 31-56

    4. Investigation and description of the ground

      Pages 57-74

    5. Heading

      Pages 75-129

    6. Support

      Pages 131-157

    7. Grouting and freezing

      Pages 159-170

    8. The New Austrian Tunnelling Method

      Pages 171-175

    9. Management of groundwater

      Pages 177-195

    10. Application of compressed air

      Pages 197-201

    11. Subaqueous tunnels

      Pages 203-209

    12. Shafts

      Pages 211-215

    13. Safety during construction

      Pages 217-231
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About this book

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.

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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)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Fakultät für Bauingenieurwissenschaften Institut für Infrastruktur Arbeitsbereich für Geotechnik und Tunnelbau, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    Dimitrios Kolymbas

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