4.tunneling - Lecture 2
4.tunneling - Lecture 2
4.tunneling - Lecture 2
CENG 6902
Rock Mechanics
Case Histories
TUNNELING TECHNIQUES
INTRODUCTION
Historical developments
Arts of Tunneling
Geometric Considerations
1- Key stone
2- Arch
Top
Top
3- Wall heading
heading
4- Floor
5- Bench
Invert
Invert
6- Bench line or plane
7- Top heading
L
8- Invert
TUNNELING TECHNIQUES
INTRODUCTION - GEOMETRIC CONSIDERATIONS
Geometrical considerations
• Horizontal and vertical alignment
• Clearance
• Cross section elements
TUNNELING TECHNIQUES
INTRODUCTION - GEOMETRIC CONSIDERATIONS
Geometrical considerations -Clearance
TUNNELING TECHNIQUES
INTRODUCTION - GEOMETRIC CONSIDERATIONS
Geometrical considerations – Cross section
TUNNELING TECHNIQUES
INTRODUCTION - GEOMETRIC CONSIDERATIONS
Geometrical considerations – Cross section
TUNNELING TECHNIQUES
INTRODUCTION - GEOMETRIC CONSIDERATIONS
Geometrical considerations – Cross section
TUNNELING TECHNIQUES
INTRODUCTION - GEOMETRIC CONSIDERATIONS
Geometrical considerations – Cross section elements
• Travel lanes
• Shoulders
• Sidewalks/Curbs
• Tunnel drainage
• Tunnel ventilation
• Tunnel lighting
• Tunnel utilities and power
• Water supply pipes for firefighting
• Cabinets for hose reels and fire extinguishers
• Signals and signs above roadway lanes
• CCTV surveillance cameras
• Emergency telephones
• Communication antennae/equipment
• Monitoring equipment of noxious emissions and visibility
• Emergency egress illuminated signs at low level (so that they are visible in
case of a fire or smoke condition)
TUNNELING TECHNIQUES
INTRODUCTION - GEOMETRIC CONSIDERATIONS
Geometrical considerations – Cross section elements
• Portals
TUNNELING TECHNIQUES
INTRODUCTION - GEOMETRIC CONSIDERATIONS
Geometrical considerations – Cross sections
• Various profiles are conceivable, e.g. rectangular ones.
• The most widespread ones, however, are circular (a) and mouth profiles (b)
a) b)
TUNNELING TECHNIQUES
INTRODUCTION - GEOMETRIC CONSIDERATIONS
Geometrical considerations – Cross sections
• A mouth profile is composed of circular sections.
• The ratio of adjacent curvature radiuses should not exceed 5 (r1/r2 < 5).
• The minimum radius should not be smaller than 1.5 m.
• Note that in the case of weak rock the lower part of the lining also receives load from
the adjacent ground.
•Therefore, a curved profile is advisable from a statical point of view also in the invert
• The following relations refer to geometrical properties of mouth profiles.
• With the initial parameters r1, r2, r3 it is obtained:
TUNNELING TECHNIQUES
INTRODUCTION - GEOMETRIC CONSIDERATIONS
Geometrical considerations – Cross sections
• A typical problem of tunnel design is to fit a rectangle into a mouth profile
It is assumed that the lower edges of the rectangle are on the circle with
radius r3
TUNNELING TECHNIQUES
INTRODUCTION - GEOMETRIC CONSIDERATIONS
Geometrical considerations – Cross sections
• A typical problem of tunnel design is to fit a rectangle into a mouth profile
• Choose r1, r2, r3 in such a way that the mouth profile comprises the rectangle
TUNNELING TECHNIQUES
INTRODUCTION - FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Shapes of road tunnels: •cut and cover method
Rectangular •immersed method
Circular •jacked box tunneling