Geotechnical risk in rock tunnels : selected papers from a course on geotechnical risk in rock tunnels, Aveiro, Portugal, 16-17 April 2004

Author(s)

• Campos e Matos, António
• Ribeiro e Sousa, L.
• Kleberger, Johannes
• Lopes Pinto, Paulo

Bibliographic Information

Geotechnical risk in rock tunnels : selected papers from a course on geotechnical risk in rock tunnels, Aveiro, Portugal, 16-17 April 2004

António Campos e Matos ... [et al.] eds

（Balkema : proceedings and monographs in engineering, water and earth science）

Taylor & Francis, 2006

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Tunnels have a high degree of risk that needs to be assessed and managed. Underground works intersect and interact with natural materials, incorporating their characteristics as structural components of their own stability. For this reason geotechnical risk analyses are implemented at all phases of tunnel construction, from design through to post-construction maintenance. Analysis of geotechnical risk involves a group of studies which lead to the identification and evaluation of the potential probability of error and the consequences of its occurrence. This volume considers construction and safety, financing and control, and exploration and maintenance. Eminent specialists discuss risk assessment and management, based both on advanced theoretical concepts and on practical experience. The book is of interest to a wide range of professionals involved in planning, construction and management of tunnels: entrepreneurs, designers, consultants and contractors.

Table of Contents

Preface An introduction to geotechnical risk in rock tunnels Learning with accidents and damage associated to underground works Geological risk in the use of TBMs in heterogeneous rock masses - The case of "Metro do Porto" Geotechnical risk management in tunnelling Use of decision aids for tunnelling Fault zones and TBM Geomechanical problems in recent Spanish tunnels Geotechnical risk in rock mass characterisation - a concept Risk control at the design of a 13 km long railway tunnel in Austria Koralm tunnel - benefits of a structured design and investigation process - the client's view Vibration mitigation at high speed railroads Evaluation of the reliability in reference geological hydrogeological models Author Index

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• NCID: BA81211083
• ISBN:
  • 9780415400053
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 191 p.
• Size: 26 cm.
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA77738420