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Publications by [Cardoso A. S.]

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GEOLOGICAL RISK IN THE USE OF TBMS IN HETEROGENEOUS ROCK MASSES - THE CASE OF "METRO DO PORTO" AND TH MEASURES ADOPTED (2004)

Babendererde S. , Hoek E. et al.

The highly variable nature of deeply weathered Oporto granite posed significant challenges in the driving of the 2.3km long Cline and the 4km long S line of the Oporto Metro project. Two 8.7m diameter Herrenknecht EPB TBMs were used to excavate these tunnels ...

Filed under: Tunnel Engineering - Mechanized Tunneling

Reference: Conference in Aveiro, Portugal, (2004)