Advance probing measures on the TBM drives of the south contracts of the Gotthard Base Tunnel - experience and implications for other projects / Vorauserkundungsmaßnahmen bei den TBM-Vortrieben der Südlose des Gotthard-Basistunnels - Erfahrungen und Folgerungen für andere Projekte
Author(s): |
Michael Rehbock-Sander
Gerd Wieland Thomas Jesel |
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Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English, German |
Published in: | Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 2014, n. 5, v. 7 |
Page(s): | 551-561 |
DOI: | 10.1002/geot.201400033 |
Abstract: |
The investigation measures carried out for the construction of the Gotthard Base Tunnel provide a demonstrative example for dealing with geological risk through appropriate investigation at each state of the project. Due to the length and deep overburden, it was impossible to completely investigate the entire length of the tunnel in advance. The concept in the southern sections intended the performance of probing ahead of the machine only in particularly critical locations, with the tunnelling and lining concept for the individual sections being designed to cope with possible hazard scenarios for the section and the provision of more intensive probing ahead of the continued drive in order to specify the necessary constructional measures. In addition, massive formation water ingress was to be expected in certain sections, which could reach a high quantity and high pressures (up to 200 bars). |
Keywords: |
fault zones drillings seismic surveying
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