The St. Kanzian Chain of Tunnels - Tunnelling under very varied and extremely difficult conditions / Tunnelkette St. Kanzian - Tunnelbau unter sehr unterschiedlichen und extrem schwierigen Bedingungen
Author(s): |
Johannes Benedikt
Hanns Wagner Thomas Herzeg |
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Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English, German |
Published in: | Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 2016, n. 5, v. 9 |
Page(s): | 405-415 |
DOI: | 10.1002/geot.201600044 |
Abstract: |
In the course of the building of the new Koralmbahn railway line between Graz and Klagenfurt in Austria, six tunnels have to be built in a sensitive landscape on the Carithian side. The tunnels have lengths of between 230 and 2,100 m. All the tunnels are designed to resist water under pressure and have a two-track standard cross-section. Except for the 495 m long Kühnsdorf Green Tunnel, which has already been completed, all the tunnels are currently under construction. The Srejach and Untersammelsdorf Tunnels with lengths of 620 and 665 m respectively are being driven in very challenging ground conditions consisting of silty to fine sandy lacustrine sediments, and extensive specialised civil engineering works had to be carried out in advance of both these tunnels. The performance of extensive tests and investigations during the tendering phase turned out to be very valuable for the planning of the project. The longest tunnel, the Stein Tunnel with a length of 2,100 m, is characterised by its location in soft ground with shallow overburden and the sensitive hydrogeological and ecological conditions. The driving of the Lind Tunnel in phyllite required special measures due to the lacustrine sediments above the tunnel, which reached down to the tunnel crown. |
Keywords: |
top-down construction jet grouting tunneling method special foundation engineering top down ground engineering
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