1st Edition

Tunnelling Asia '97

Edited By C.V.J. Varma, A.R.G. Rao Copyright 1997

    This is a collection of conference papers which discuss construction methods in tunnelling. Subjects studied include; engineering classification and characterization of rock mass; planning, investigation and analysis of tunnels; shafts and inclined tunnels; and tunnelling equipment.

    ENGINEERING CLASSIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ROCK MASS FOR TUNNELLING -- THE ENGINEERING CLASSIFICATION OF WEATHERED ROCK MASS /Anand S. Gupta and K. Seshagiri Rao -- ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TECHNIQUE FOR ROCK CHARACTERIZATION /C.S. Gokhale and J.M. Kate -- PLANNING, INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS OF TUNNELS -- ROCK BEHAVIOR OF LARGE UNDERGROUND CAVERN DURING EXCAVATION /Shigeki Nambu and Keigo Kudo -- A MORE REALISTIC DEFORMATION RESPONSE OF ROCK MASS AROUND CIRCULAR OPENING /T. Ramamurthy and N.K. Anand -- TUNNELLING, STABILIZATION AND SUPPORT SYSTEM THE EFFECTIVE METHODS OF STABILISATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF ROCK MASS /Richard Snuparek -- PRE-INJECTION IN HARD ROCK TUNNELLING /K. F. Garshol -- LONG ROUNDS IN TUNNEL BLASTING /Jan Noren -- HVALFJORDUR SUB-SEA TUNNEL PROJECT, ICELAND /Colin G. Rawlings and Milan Simic -- SAFE AND EFFICIENT METHOD OF BLASTING FOR EXCAVATION OF A CROSS DRIFT AND WIDENING OF UNDERGROUND MACHINE HALL TO ITS FULL WIDTH - A CASE STUDY /R.B. Singh, M.M. Singh, P.K. Singh and B.B. Dhar -- GEOTECHNICAL EXPERIENCES OF MAKING THE RANGANADI HEAD RACE TUNNEL /R.K. Mahajan and V. V. Badareenarayana -- GROUTING TECHNIQUES FOR GROUND IMPROVEMENT IN TUNNELLING /Colin Rawlings, Emma Hellawe /1 and Mike Kilkenny -- LINING FOR TUNNELS -- OPTIMIZATION OF LININGS IN ROAD TUNNELS /Arne Gronhaug -- DESIGN OF CONCRETE LININGS OF PRESSURE TUNNELS AND SHAFTS FOR EXTERNAL WATER PRESSURE /Anton J. Schleiss -- SPECIFYING STEEL FIBER REINFORCED SHOTCRETE /Marc Vandewalle -- PERFORMANCE OF DRY-MIX STEEL FIBRE REINFORCED SHOTCRETE - A CASE HISTORY /Manoj Verman, J.L. Jethwa and S.N. Huddar -- MONITORING, BACK ANALYSIS -- THE PERFORMANCE OF BRACED EXCAVATIONS AND TUNNELS IN ALLUVIUM AND SOFT ROCK FOR THE LOS ANGELES METRO /T.P. Smirnoff, K.N. Murthy and A.F. Stirbys -- AN EXAMPLE OF BACK ANALYSIS OF THE GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF A ROCK MASS IN "FLYSH" CONCERNED WITH AN HIGHWAY TUNNEL DRIVING /G. Sappa and M. Mancina -- INDUCTION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TUNNELS AND SHAFTS -- UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION INNOVATIONS AT THE NEW CLEUSON-DIXENCE HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT /Richard R. Robbins -- CONSIDERATION ON PROGRESS OF "TREVI" FOREPILING METHOD FOR TUNNELING IN JAPAN /lwao Nakahara -- TUNNELLING IN URBAN AREAS FOR METRO RAILWAY, RAILWAY AND ROAD, WATER SUPPLY AND SEWER LINES -- INNER CITY SOFT GROUND EPB-TUNNELLING MRT C201A AND CP264, TAIPEI, TAIWAN /Klaus Rieker -- PERFORMANCE OF COMPENSATION AND CHEMICALLY GROUTED GROUND DURING TUNNELLING FOR THE LOS ANGELES METRO /Timothy P. Smirnoff, K.N. Murthy and Anthony F. Stirbys -- PRESENT SITUATION FOR CONSTRUCTING SUBWAY AND TECHNOLOGY TO ENABLE THE WORKS /Masaaki Miura and Shinichi Konda -- HEATHROW EXPRESS TUNNELS /A.P. Deane -- THE NEW ST. CLAIR RIVER TUNNEL /A.P. Finch -- SUPPORTING SYSTEMS FOR TUNNELLING -- HOW TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM BENEFITS FROM MODERN SHOTCRETE TECHNOLOGY /K. F. Garshol -- NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TUNNEL SUPPORTS IN THE FIELD OF SPRAYED CONCRETE AND THE PRODUCTION OF TUNNEL LINING ELEMENTS /Gustav Bracher and Ernesto Schumperli -- SHAFTS AND INCLINED TUNNELS -- 1500MW NATHPA JHAKRI HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT-STRESS RELIEVING ASPECTS IN THE PRESSURE SHAFTS STEEL LINER /Vipin Arora, Vatsal Chopra and Arun Goyal -- SHAFTS AND INCLINED TUNNELS /R.D. Varangaonkar -- DESIGN OF PRESSURE SHAFTS IN RECOGNITION OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND STRESS /R. Olsson, U. Lindblom and R. Glamheden -- TUNNELLING EQUIPMENT -- A LINEAR FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM FOR TUNNELS /Peter Schenkenhofer -- TECHNIQUES OF EXCAVATION AND NEW EQUIPMENT FOR TUNNELLING -- D.G. Kadkade -- NEW DIMENSIONS IN TUNNEL BORING MACHINES (TBM's) -- Jagman Singh -- MAXIMISED PRODUCTIVITY FROM MECHANISED TUNNELLING THROUGH A USER /SUPPLIER PARTNERSHIP IN EQUIPMENT SERVICE- "SOFT SERVICES IN HARD ROCK" /Dan Allen -- COSTING AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT -- CONTRACT MANAGEMENT FOR ACCELERATED COMPLETION OF UNDERGROUND WORKS IN HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECTS-CONTRACTORS PERSPECTIVES /S.K. Desai and T.S.M. Kurup -- TUNNELLING CONTRACTS WITH CONTROVERSIAL AND ONE-SIDED CONDITIONS /R.D. Varangaonkar and V.M. Dharap -- Index of Contributors.

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