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Publications tagged with [excavation support]

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<p>Soil nailing is a technique in which soil slopes, excavation or retaining walls are passively reinforced by the insertion of relatively slende elements.</p>
Reference: Research Designs and Standards Organization (RDSO), Lucknow
Installation of support in known poor ground intersections during reaming operations requires rapid access to stabilize the shaft wall and thus to prevent the loss of the shaft through scaling. This is especially relevant to shafts of long dimension where ...
Filed under: Tunnel Engineering -  Shafts
Reference: he Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Shaft Sinking and Mining Contractors Conference 2009
This paper describes the method used for excavating the upper 33m of emergency access shaft E2 for the underground single track tunnel running between Park and Rosebank station of the Gautrain Rapid Rail System. The soil was decomposed shale and diabase from ...
Filed under: Tunnel Engineering -  Shafts
Reference: The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Shaft Sinking and Mining Contractors Conference 2009
The objective of this paper is to describe the support methodology that was used during the ventilation shaft sinking and the use of the machine carousel to reduce the cladding support cycle. The machine carousel replaces the traditional use of machine kibble ...
Filed under: Tunnel Engineering -  Shafts
Reference: The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Shaft Sinking and Mining Contractors Conference 2009
Excavation for a cut and cover highway tunnel underpass was designed and constructed using deep soil mixing in order to limit ground movements.
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