Consistent exploration by probe drilling and TSWD through the example of the Koralm Tunnel / Konsequente Vorauserkundung mittels Bohrungen und TSWD am Beispiel des Koralmtunnels
Author(s): |
Alexander Radinger
Florian Fasching Gudrun Pack Ingrid Kreutzer Dieter Kostial |
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Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English, German |
Published in: | Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 2014, n. 5, v. 7 |
Page(s): | 540-550 |
DOI: | 10.1002/geot.201400038 |
Abstract: |
On contract KAT2 at the 33 km long Koralm Tunnel, two hard rock double shield TBMs are currently boring a total distance of about 17 km each through the Koralm crystalline. Due to the forecast ground conditions, particularly localised fault zones and aquiferous areas, systematic exploration is being undertaken to provide continuous prediction of ground conditions. The intention is only ever to bore through already explored rock through the consistent application of the standardised method adapted to suit the tunnelling. The exploration system being used is mainly based on probe drilling (rotary hammer and core drilling) and the seismic method. With the assistance of the geophysical exploration system TSWD disturbed areas of the rock mass can be detected up to a distance of about 150 m ahead of the machine. Thereby the source of the seismic waves, which propagate into the rock mass, is the cutting process of the TBM cutterhead. The supplementary and targeted use of hammer and core drilling, which can be drilled up to about 100 m ahead, enables the direct exploration of any fault zones and aquiferous regions and the evaluation of their characteristics and the effect to be expected on tunnelling. |
Keywords: |
probe drillings hammer drillings geophysical exploration short term predictions
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