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Building Response to Tunnelling

Author : Construction Industry Research and Information Association
Publisher : Thomas Telford
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0727730177

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The ability to predict the potential damage to buildings accurately and to have confidence in the chosen protective measures is of increasing importance for the viability of urban tunnelling. The Jubilee Line Extension Project (JLEP) presented a unique opportunity to capture reliable field measurements of the effects of tunnelling on a wide range of buildings. Building response to tunnelling: Case studies from the Jubilee Line Extension, London is the result of this work. Volume 1 describes the relevant part of the JLEP, the methods of settlement prediction and building damage assessment used on the project, and the objectives of the research. Further chapters provide accounts of the geology and historical development of more of the case study buildings (between Green Park and Canada Water stations of the JLE route). Full transcriptions are included of the before-the-event and independent best practice predictions of surface and at-depth ground movements at two greenfield sites and the settlement of four buildings, which were made specially for the research. The concluding chapter of Volume 1, written by Professor John Burland, presents the overall findings of the research to date. Volume 2 presents, in their geographical sequence, the twenty-seven case studies; from Green Park in the west to London Bridge, and then eastward to Canada Water station. These case studies include two instrumented greenfield sites and several examples of prestigious buildings in London's west end that were protected by compensation grouting. The case studies present descriptions of the buildings, the works that affected them and measurements made to record their response. This valuable and informative two volume book has been written by the experts who participated in the research and is generously illustrated with numerous line drawings, graphs, pictures and maps. Building response to tunnelling: Case studies from the jubilee Line Extension, London will be essential reading to tunnelling and geotechnical engineers and all those who have an interest in this successful and interesting underground project.

Tunnelling

Author : Alan Muir Wood
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000-03-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780203477663

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Tunnelling has become a fragmented process, excessively influenced by lawyers'notions of confrontational contractual bases. This prevents the pooling of skills, essential to the achievement of the promoters' objectives. Tunnelling: Management by Design seeks the reversal of this trend. After a brief historical treatment of selected developments, th

Tunnelling ’94

Author : Vidar Aarvold,I. L. J. Chudleigh,N. S. Webb,G. A. Featherstone,Manfred Bandmann,H. Ramisch,Uwe Beckmann,B. J. Cole,H. J. Lees,Walter Dietz,D. F. Fawcett,P. J. Chapman,D. A. Barratt,M. P. O’Reilly,John Temporal,Jon Baston-Pitt,F. J. Fredriksen,Roald Aabøe,G. J. Hasle,D. A. Hobson,D. C. Gilchrist,Sandor Jancsecz,Walter Steiner,J. P. Farrow,P. M. Claye,R. B. Warren,M. A. Ginary,R. Matthews,H. Kruizenga,C. R. Weeks,T. R. Winterton,Y. Leblais,L. Leblond,Yannis Malios,J. Y. Peron,P. Marcheselli,P. Catling,J. Scholey,A. D. Murray,Bruno Marrai,P. G. Davies,Guilherme Tibau,Erik Gutenwik,Maurício Santana,Pierre Jean Pellegri,R. J. Fowell,G. Richardson,M. J. Gollick,J. G. Beatty,R. J. Ganey,J. E. Killingsworth,L. J. Arthur,A. W. Darby,B. Rafoneke,Graham Daws,Dan MacDonald,Nicola Innaurato,Renato Mancini,Enrico Rondena,Attilio Zaninetti,A. W. P. Coutts,H. R. Davies,R. S. Curtis,A. P. Finch,R. P. Lovat,A. P. Deane,K. T. Burgess,M. C. Knights,M. A. Oswell,I. W. Farmer,B. W. L. Mak,Daniel Morfeldt,C. J. H. Martin,G. Pakes,Sigurdur Finnsson,H. A. Janzon,C. Laughton,Y. Abd Al-Jalil,R. Remington,H. P. Caspe,A. Y. Kim,L. J. Bergen,J. R. Araujo,Klaus Axhausen,J. E. Hellings,R. J. Mair,D. I. Harris,J. P. Love,D. Blakey,B. M. New,K. H. Bowers,P. P. Nelson,Richard Harpf,C. Kettle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461526469

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Tunnelling ’94 by Vidar Aarvold,I. L. J. Chudleigh,N. S. Webb,G. A. Featherstone,Manfred Bandmann,H. Ramisch,Uwe Beckmann,B. J. Cole,H. J. Lees,Walter Dietz,D. F. Fawcett,P. J. Chapman,D. A. Barratt,M. P. O’Reilly,John Temporal,Jon Baston-Pitt,F. J. Fredriksen,Roald Aabøe,G. J. Hasle,D. A. Hobson,D. C. Gilchrist,Sandor Jancsecz,Walter Steiner,J. P. Farrow,P. M. Claye,R. B. Warren,M. A. Ginary,R. Matthews,H. Kruizenga,C. R. Weeks,T. R. Winterton,Y. Leblais,L. Leblond,Yannis Malios,J. Y. Peron,P. Marcheselli,P. Catling,J. Scholey,A. D. Murray,Bruno Marrai,P. G. Davies,Guilherme Tibau,Erik Gutenwik,Maurício Santana,Pierre Jean Pellegri,R. J. Fowell,G. Richardson,M. J. Gollick,J. G. Beatty,R. J. Ganey,J. E. Killingsworth,L. J. Arthur,A. W. Darby,B. Rafoneke,Graham Daws,Dan MacDonald,Nicola Innaurato,Renato Mancini,Enrico Rondena,Attilio Zaninetti,A. W. P. Coutts,H. R. Davies,R. S. Curtis,A. P. Finch,R. P. Lovat,A. P. Deane,K. T. Burgess,M. C. Knights,M. A. Oswell,I. W. Farmer,B. W. L. Mak,Daniel Morfeldt,C. J. H. Martin,G. Pakes,Sigurdur Finnsson,H. A. Janzon,C. Laughton,Y. Abd Al-Jalil,R. Remington,H. P. Caspe,A. Y. Kim,L. J. Bergen,J. R. Araujo,Klaus Axhausen,J. E. Hellings,R. J. Mair,D. I. Harris,J. P. Love,D. Blakey,B. M. New,K. H. Bowers,P. P. Nelson,Richard Harpf,C. Kettle Pdf

It is now more than twenty years since a proposal was first mooted to hold an international tunnelling symposium in Britain. At the time of the first symposium, held in London in 1976, the Channel Tunnel pro ject had just been shelved. Last weekend a charity walk was held in the finished tunnel, which will be open for business later in the year. Tunnels have figured prominently, and at times spectacularly, in the development of national and international links and it is hoped that such links gather pace in the future. It is particularly pleasing that Alastair Biggart of Storebrelt has agreed to deliver the twenty-sixth Sir Julius Wernher Memorial Lecture of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, entitled 'The changing face of tunnelling', at the start of this event. * Although almost every edition of the technical journals on tunnelling reports another £1 billion scheme somewhere in the world, it would be unfair of me to suggest that tunnelling is restricted to these prestigious schemes for major transport links. Much of the work that makes mod ern life possible receives hardly a mention outside the technical press and one suspects that society at large applies the 'out of sight, out of mind' attitude even more readily to underground construction than it does to other forms of engineering. Clearly, there is a contiiming need to improve the capacity and performance of our infrastructure, while hav ing a careful regard for the environment.

Tunnelling and Negative Resistance Phenomena in Semiconductors

Author : D. K. Roy
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781483278957

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Tunnelling and Negative Resistance Phenomena in Semiconductors presents a critical review of tunneling theory and shows how this leads to the negative resistance phenomena in pn junctions. The physics, technology, and circuitry of semiconductor negative resistance devices are surveyed. The book challenges the conventional assumptions of tunneling theory and proposes an alternative approach that allows the possibility of a change in energy during tunneling. It also introduces the reader to the manufacture, operation, and applications of semiconductor negative resistance devices. Comprised of five chapters, this volume begins by presenting a logical physical interpretation of the wavefunction with its so-called ill-behaved nature and considering other consequences of the energy distribution effect. The next chapter is devoted to the tunneling effect through tunnel diodes along with other properties of this device. The circuitry and technology of tunnel diodes as well as backward and Zener diodes are then examined, along with negative conductance devices that are used as microwave sources. The final chapter is concerned with negative conductance switching devices. This book is intended for students and practitioners in the fields of physics and electronics.

Tunnelling Contracts and Site Investigation

Author : Dr P.B. Attewell
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1995-08-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780419191407

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A wide ranging and up-to-date review of experience of tunnelling contracts, particularly those for sewerage and drainage tunnels. The review is based on the 6th edition of the ICE Conditions of Contract, but it takes note of new forms of contract which are leading towards less adversarial contractual relations.^

Tunnelling Switzerland

Author : Georgios Anagnostou,Heinz Ehrbar
Publisher : vdf Hochschulverlag AG
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783728135476

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Tunnelling Switzerland by Georgios Anagnostou,Heinz Ehrbar Pdf

Die Schweiz ist das Tunnelland par excellence: Rund 1300 Tunnel und Stollen prägen das Landschaftsbild. Und laufend kommen neue hinzu. "Tunnelling Switzerland" stellt die Errungenschaften der letzten 15 Jahre auf allen Gebieten des Untertagbaus anhand von mehr als 90 Projekten vor. Dazu gehören u.a. Strassentunnel, Eisenbahntunnel, Tunnelsanierungen, Kraftwerksanlagen, Hochwasserschutzbauten und Leitungstunnel zur Energieerzeugung und Wasserversorgung. Die einzelnen Bauwerke werden jeweils auf einer Doppelseite in Wort und Bild vorgestellt. Dazu kommen Informationen zur Geologie, zu Bauherrschaft, Projektierungsbüros und Unternehmerschaft. Die englischsprachigen Beschriebe werden durch Übersetzungen in die Landessprachen ergänzt. Vorgestellte Tunnel (Auswahl): Gotthard-Basistunnel, Ceneri-Basistunnel, Durchmesserlinie Zürich: Weinbergtunnel, Unterfahrung Hauptbahnhof Zürich, Zimmerberg-Basistunnel, PTS-Tunnel am Flughafen Zürich, Tunnel Engelberg, Le métro lausannois, Tunnel Luzernerring, Uetlibergtunnel A3, Überdeckung Entlisberg A3, Islisbergtunnel, Tunnel Flüelen A4, Sicherheitsstollen Tunnel Flüelen, Tunnel Giswil A8, Tunnel Sachseln A8, Projektübersicht Südumfahrung Visp A9, Milchbucktunnel (Zürich), Tunnel Hausmatt (Olten), Umfahrung Bazenheid, Tunnel routier du Grand Saint Bernard, Erneuerung Tunnel San Bernardino A13, SBB Simplontunnel, Hochwasser-Entlastungsstollen Thunersee, Pumpspeicherwerk Limmern, Pumpspeicherwerk Nant de Drance, Ausbau der Grimselkraftwerke, Wasserkraftwerk Cleuson-Dixence, Trinkwasserstollen Üetliberg, Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe

Tunnel Boring Machines: Trends in Design and Construction of Mechanical Tunnelling

Author : A. Schulter,H. Wagner
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000100068

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Tunnel Boring Machines: Trends in Design and Construction of Mechanical Tunnelling by A. Schulter,H. Wagner Pdf

In the past ten years there was a worldwide trend towards increased use of Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM's). This trend covers a broad variety of applications ranging both from small diameters for sewers and other utilities to large diameters for double track railway and even three-lane highway tunnels. The response to this has been the development of both hard rock machines in the direction for application in soft ground, and soft ground TBM's to be used in soft rock. Parallel to the technical development of TBM's towards applications for longer tunnels, running through changing geological conditions, there are needs for the development of lining methods. 'TBM Tunnel Trends' an international lecture serie collection, aims to present the latest scientific and practical state of the art of TBM tunnelling, taking into consideration interactions between machinery and lining. 26 international highly recognized papers.

Quantum Mechanical Tunnelling and Its Applications

Author : D Roy
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1986-12-01
Category : Tunneling (Physics)
ISBN : 9789814513616

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Quantum Mechanical Tunnelling and Its Applications by D Roy Pdf

This book presents a new approach to quantum mechanical tunnelling and its applications to various fields of physics. The conventional concepts of this phenomenon, which are based on a time-dependent or time-independent approach, are inadequate in providing explanations for 1) the limit of resolution of field-emission microscope, 2) the Esaki-Integral representation the tunnelling I-V characteristics of tunnel diodes, 3) the Josephson effect, 4) the tunnelling time, etc. The new theory presented here not only provides adequate explanation for all the above-mentioned effects but also gives an accurate expression for tunnelling current density which predicts results closer to the experimentally observed values. The new presentation also provides a more comprehensive description of the results obtained using older treatment. Contents:Quantum Mechanical Tunnelling:Conventional Formulations of the Tunnelling ProblemInadequacies of Conventional Tunnelling FormulationsA Recent Application of TunnellingThe New Tunnelling Theory:The Barrier Hamiltonian and the Wave FunctionThe Tunnelling Probability and Tunnelling TimeThe Tunnelling Current DensityThe Theory of Indirect TunnellingTunnelling in Rectangular Barrier Systems:Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) JunctionMetal-Insulator-Semiconductor (MIS) JunctionMetal-Insulator-Semiconductor Switch (MISS)Normal Metal-Insulator-Superconductor (NIS) JunctionSuperconductor-Insulator-Superconductor (S1-I-S2) JunctionJosephson EffectThe Semiconductor HeterostructuresTunnelling in Triangular Barrier Systems:Metal-Vacuum BoundaryMetal-Semiconductor Contact (Schottky Barrier)Semiconductor pn JunctionsSemiconductor HeterojunctionsSuper Schottky Junction Readership: Solid state physicists and device engineers. Keywords:Esaki-Integral Representation;Josephson Effect;Quantum Mechanical Tunnelling;Tunnelling Theory;Rectangular Barrier Systems;Triangular Barrier SystemsReview: “This text will become an eyeopener to most of the teachers, mainly to those in universities, in understanding the essential contribution of the new tunnel effect and in explaining it so as to be clearly appreciated by the average student.” B S V Gopalam Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics, 1987

Model Specification for Tunnelling

Author : British Tunnelling Society,Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
Publisher : Thomas Telford
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Excavation
ISBN : 0727725882

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Model Specification for Tunnelling by British Tunnelling Society,Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) Pdf

This reference aims to establish a common standars for the design and construction of tunnelling in the UK. With the minimum of modification the specification is also suitable for international use. It includes recent legislation, and indicates minimum standards for materials and workmanship, and has been written to be used as a contract specification on its own, or in conjunction with other standard specifications on multi-disciplinary projects. Drawing heavily on the practical experience of both corporate and individual members of the British Tunnelling Society, this document provides a sound basis for specifying tunnelling design and construction.

Modern Trends in Tunnelling and Blast Design

Author : John Johansen,C.F. Mathiesen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9058093115

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Modern Trends in Tunnelling and Blast Design by John Johansen,C.F. Mathiesen Pdf

A review of modern blasting techniques used in tunnelling, chamber excavations and lake-tap blasting. The scope of this book includes geological implications, cut design and smooth blasting techniques in addition to chamber blasting. This book also includes detailed examples outlining the design issues and techniques used in blasting lake-tap plugs for hydroelectric projects. It is designed as a reference book and companion to courses in tunnel blasting techniques.

Civil Excavations and Tunnelling

Author : Ratan Tatiya
Publisher : Thomas Telford
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0727733400

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Civil Excavations and Tunnelling by Ratan Tatiya Pdf

This is a comprehensive text on Civil Excavations at the surface as well as subsurface locales, including tunnels that could be created with or without aid of explosives using latest methods, equipment and techniques with due consideration to safety and the environment. Criteria to select equipment have been demonstrated through a case study which gives consideration to factors related to environment, safety, ergonomics, and the economy.

Handbook of Tunnel Engineering I

Author : Bernhard Maidl,Markus Thewes,Ulrich Maidl
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783433603512

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Handbook of Tunnel Engineering I by Bernhard Maidl,Markus Thewes,Ulrich Maidl Pdf

Der Ingenieurtunnelbau ist einer der ältesten, interessantesten, aber auch schwierigsten Ingenieurdisziplinen und erfordert theoretische Kenntnisse und praktische Erfahrung in Geologie, Geomechanik, Statik, Massivbau, Maschinentechnik, Bauverfahrenstechnik und Baumanagement. Das zweibändige "Handbuch des Tunnel- und Stollenbaus" gilt seit 30 Jahren in der deutschsprachigen Fachwelt als Standardwerk für Lehre und Praxis. Die vorliegende englische Ausgabe basiert auf einer überarbeiteten und angepassten Fassung der dritten deutschen Auflage und ist auf dem heutigen Stand der Kenntnisse. Das Buch erscheint in zwei Bänden, wobei sich der erste Band den mehr praktischen Themen von Konstruktion und Bauverfahren im Sprengvortrieb und maschinellen Vortrieb widmet. Der zweite Band widmet sich sowohl theoretischen Themen wie Planungsgrundsätze als auch praktischen Belangen der Baustellenabwicklung sowie Fragen der Ausschreibung, Vergabe und Vertrag.

Tunnels & Tunnelling

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Tunneling
ISBN : PURD:32754065975108

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Superconductive Tunnelling and Applications

Author : Laszlo Solymar
Publisher : Chapman & Hall
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015017155352

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Superconductive Tunnelling and Applications by Laszlo Solymar Pdf