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<p>Within the project entitled &ldquo;Models of formation and spread of fire to increase safety of road tunnels&rdquo;, it was necessary to devise a method how to record airflow velocity during the fire in situ tests in road tunnels. Project is in first year ...
Reference: MATEC Web of Conferences 117, 00035 (2017)
<p>In this research, the prospect of tunneling by cut and cover and New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM) for underground metro rail system in Dhaka city was evaluated. Both conventional analysis and 2D finite element analysis using an elasto-plastic constitutive ...
Reference: Int. J. of GEOMATE, April, 2016, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Sl. No. 20), pp. 1776-1783
Su L. , Liu H. et al.  
<p>An optimization model was developed to obtain the ideal values of the primary support parameters of tunnels, which are wide-ranging in high-speed railway design codes when the surrounding rocks are at the III, IV, and V levels. First, several sets of experiments ...
Reference: Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review 8 (3) (2015) 201-209
<p>Design of an appropriate ventilation system is one of the main concerns in the construction of subways. In this paper, thermal comforts of side-platform stations are investigated by numerical methods. For the numerical simulation, grids are generated by ...
Reference: MATEC Web of Conferences 28, 02007 (2015)
<p>This paper shows the results of the analysis of the data acquired during the excavation of the new &ldquo;Fabriano&rdquo; Tunnel along the railway line from Rome to Ancona in Italy. The comparison between the results of the analyses and the consolidation ...
Reference: Proceedings of the World Tunnel Congress 2014 – Tunnels for a better Life. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
<p>This paper reports the ground improvement and excavation of a cross passage between two shield tunnels for the construction of Tu-chen Line of Taipei Rapid Transit Systems. Jet grouting was conducted for soils around the cross passage before the tunneling ...
Reference: 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris 2013
<p>Generally, two-pass lining systems are used for transportation tunnels constructed using the New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM). The initial lining can support a significant portion of the long-term ground loads and thus reduce the design loads on the ...
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<p>The most challenging rock mass conditions in hard rock subsea tunnels are represented bymajor faults/weakness zones. Poor stability weakness zones with large water inflow can be particularly problematic. At the pre-construction investigation stage, geological ...
Reference: Strait Crossings 2013 16. – 19. June, Bergen, Norway
<p>World wide, we see developing nations build new infrastructure as well as developed citeis rehabilitating and expanding their infrastructure to meet the demands of increased population, energy efficiency, and environmental awareness of the public. Working ...
Reference: Advances in Underground Space Development – Zhou, Cai & Sterling (eds) Copyright c 2013 by The Society for Rock Mechanics & Engineering Geology (Singapore).
<p>A Dynamic Bayesian Network (DBN) model for probabilistic assessment of tunnel construction performance is introduced. It facilitates the quantification of uncertainties in the construction process and of the risk from extraordinary events that cause severe ...
Reference: Manuscript accepted for publishing in J. of Computer Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering