Title Closed-face tunnelling machines and ground stability : a guideline for best practice / British Tunnelling Society ; in association with the Institution of Civil Engineers

Published London : Thomas Telford, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (77 pages) : illustrations Contents Technology of closed-face tunnelling machines * Choosing between earth pressure balance machines (EPBMS) and Slurry Tunnelling Machines (STMS) * Incident Data * Hazards associated with urban tunnelling * Use of risk management * Review of site investigation method * Tunnelling process -- construction * Tunnelling process -- monitoring, recording and reviewing Readership: Civil engineers, city planners and developers of sustainable public infrastructure Summary This report examines the potential for ground instability or collapse when using closed face tunneling machines, and investigates the efficacy of various ground investigation techniques in urban areas Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-74) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Tunneling -- Equipment and supplies. Tunneling -- Risk assessment Soil mechanics. Urban geology. soil mechanics. Soil mechanics Tunneling -- Equipment and supplies Urban geology Form Electronic book Author Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) ISBN 9780727737342 0727737341 9781680150360 1680150367

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