50 years of NATM from a French perspective / 50 Jahre NÖT aus französischer Sicht
Author(s): |
Martin Putz-Perrier
Bernard Gaudin Jaques Triclot Hubert Tournery Pierre Hingant |
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Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English, German |
Published in: | Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 2012, n. 5, v. 5 |
Page(s): | 445-454 |
DOI: | 10.1002/geot.201200031 |
Abstract: |
This contribution provides a brief historical review of NATM applications in France by presenting a selection of motorway projects implemented in the last five decades. In the late 1950s, the development of the French motorway network became a national priority. The implementation of major transit projects (e.g. the A8 motorway link between Italy and the Côte d'Azur as well as the Mont Blanc and Frejus Alpine transit routes) involved the construction of a significant number of motorway tunnels. The first generation of these tunnels was still constructed using traditional methods. However, to keep pace with the booming motorway development, a faster and more cost-efficient tunnelling method was needed. The answer was found in the New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM). The construction of the Nice Motorway Bypass with ten tunnels in the early 1970s - 40 years ago - was the first French NATM application. The method was implemented with the guidance of Prof. Rabcewicz. Since then, the observational approach to tunnelling has become the standard method in French tunnelling. |
Keywords: |
observational approach Lyon-Turin Base Tunnel NATM in France Peyronnet Tunnel Las Planas Tunnel Egis Scetauroute Chamoise Tunnel Puymorens Tunnel Saint-Martin-la-Porte Tunnel interactive tunnelling method
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