Brenner Base Tunnel - a 10.5 km double shield TBM drive in granite / Brenner Basistunnel - 10,5 km Doppelschild-TBM im Granit
Author(s): |
Stefan Skuk
Daniel Wegscheider |
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Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English, German |
Published in: | Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 2015, n. 3, v. 8 |
Page(s): | 221-238 |
DOI: | 10.1002/geot.201500006 |
Abstract: |
The Brenner Base Tunnel, with two main bores and an investigation tunnel running parallel in the middle, crosses the main ridge of the Alps beneath the Brenner Pass and the border of Austria and Italy. The first construction contract was a 10.5 km long investigation tunnel bored by a double shield machine in granite. Numerous investigation measures, laboratory tests and geological face surveys were carried out, and the TBM data was recorded on a 10-second cycle. Due to the large amount of data and the very well known homogeneous geology, it seemed appropriate to develop correlations between the data of the rock mass, the rock and the TBM. Statistically reliable statements could be derived. The unconfined compression strength of the rock, discontinuity parameters and index parameters such as the RMR (Rock Mass Rating), GSI (Geological Strength Index) and RQD (Rock Quality Designation) were compared with the penetration behaviour. GSI values between 30 and 40 showed four times the penetration rate compared to GSI values between 90 and 100. This applies similarly for the RQD, RMR and discontinuity spacing values. |
Keywords: |
Aicha investigation tunnel GSI prediction formula RMR RQD investigation tunnel Brixen granite penetration rate
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