Full-face versus sequential excavation - A case study of the Chamoise Tunnel (France) / Vollausbruch versus Teilausbruch - Eine Fallstudie vom Chamoisetunnel (Frankreich)
Author(s): |
Martin Wilhelm Putz-Perrier
Nicolas Gilleron Emmanuel Bourgeois Adrien Saitta |
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Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English, German |
Published in: | Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 2014, n. 5, v. 7 |
Page(s): | 469-480 |
DOI: | 10.1002/geot.201400034 |
Abstract: |
Construction of the 3,300 m long Chamoise Tunnel in the French Jura Mountains had to overcome long sections of swelling marls beneath an overburden of 400 m. During the design phase, a reconnaissance gallery of 9 m² was driven to investigate the geological conditions over the entire length of the tunnel. The findings of the gallery led the designer to choose the NATM. The North Tube was constructed between 1981 and 1984. The South Tube was constructed about ten years later. The main revolution in methodology was the change from sequential to full-face excavation in the marl sections. Applied for the first time for the Chamoise tunnel, the economic benefits of full-face excavation even in poor ground, largely due to the reduction of works cycles and the use of bigger machines, initiated a general trend from sequential towards full-face excavation in France. |
Keywords: |
squeezing rock face support swelling rock NATM face reinforcement face extrusion oxfordian marl
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