1st Edition

Handbook on Tunnels and Underground Works Volume 2: Construction – Methods, Equipment, Tools and Materials

564 Pages 418 B/W Illustrations

by CRC Press

564 Pages 418 B/W Illustrations

by CRC Press

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This book set provides a new, global, updated, thorough, clear, and practical risk-based approach to tunnelling design and construction methods, and discusses detailed examples of solutions applied to relevant case histories. It is organized in three sequential and integrated volumes: Volume 1: Concept – Basic Principles of Design Volume 2: Construction – Methods, Equipment, Tools and... Read more

1 Introduction: excavation techniques for conventional and full-face mechanised tunnelling. Reasons for the choice and differences
E.M. Pizzarotti and S. Bellini

2 Construction methods
P. Grasso, A. Lavagno, G. Brino, M. Cardu, D. Martinelli, C. Todaro, A. Carigi, G. Cotugno, D. Peila, M. Concilia, S. Bechter, M. Bringiotti, D. Nicastro, V. Manassero, T. Peinsitt, and S. Santarelli

3 Support technology
L. Schiavinato, P. Ferrante, E. Bertino, A. Luciani, M. Pescara, S. Airoldi, and M. Bringiotti

4 Auxiliary methods technology: ground reinforcing, ground improving and pre-support technology
G. Cassani, M. Gatti, C.L. Zenti, V. Manassero, S. Pelizza, and A. Pigorini

5 Monitoring
A. Morino, A. Balestrieri, G. Carrieri, M. Martino, and G. Pezzetti

6 Plants and job site organization
M. Bringiotti, P. Romualdi, P. Rufer, K. Pini, N. Faggioni, and C. Todaro

7 Tunnel refurbishment
A. Damiani and E. Crippa