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<p>TBM tunneling is an ever-increasing prospect for underground construction, and with each new tunnel bored there are unknown elements. When boring through the earth, even extensive Geotechnical Baseline Reports can miss fault lines, water inflows, squeezing ...
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Tunnel Engineering -
Mechanized Tunneling
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North American Tunneling Conference 2014
<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 ...
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Tunnel Engineering -
Tunnel Design
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Strait Crossings 2013 16. – 19. June, Bergen, Norway