Construction section U1/10 of the Vienna Underground / Der Bauabschnitt U1/10 der Wiener U-Bahn
Author(s): |
Thomas Herzfeld
Andreas Leitner Ilse Gartner |
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Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English, German |
Published in: | Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 2014, n. 3, v. 7 |
Page(s): | 209-222 |
DOI: | 10.1002/geot.201400018 |
Abstract: |
As in most of the large European cities, the attractiveness of public transport is also an important matter for the inhabitants of Vienna. For this reason, the Vienna underground railway network has been continuously extended since its inception in 1978. At the moment, the extension of the Line U1 to the south is under construction, with about 50 % running underground and the rest either elevated or at ground level. Construction started in 2012 and the section should open in 2017. Part of this section is contract U1/10 Troststrasse, which runs underground. The tunnels mainly pass through loess and loess-loam soils, and are favourably above the free groundwater table so that only perched groundwater had to be pumped out of wells in the area of the tunnels. The running tunnels are being constructed according to the principles of the New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM). The station tunnels for track 2 are also being tunnelled according to the NATM although measures to reduce settlement were essential to comply with the requirement for the permissible tangential inclination of buildings. After various methods had been evaluated, a combination of a horizontal jet grout canopy supported on vertical jet grout columns was chosen. The shafts and the tunnel for track 1 were constructed in cut-and-cover with contiguous bored piles to support the excavation. |
Keywords: |
urban area settlement minimisation monitoring
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