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| x New Austrian Tunnelling method | Tunnelling Method |
The New Austrian Tunneling method (NATM) was developed between 1957 and 1965 in Austria. It was given its name in Salzburg in 1962 to distinguish it from old Austrian tunnelling approach. The main contributors to the development of NATM were...
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| x Drilling and blasting | Tunnelling Method |
Before the advent of tunnel boring machines, drilling and blasting was the only economical way of excavating long tunnels through hard rock, where digging is not possible. Even today, the method is still used in the construction of particularly long...
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| x Cut And Cover | Tunnelling Method | ||
| x Pipejacking | |||
| x Immersed tube |
An Immersed Tube is a kind of underwater tunnel comprised of segments and/or elements, constructed elsewhere and floated to the tunnel’s site to be sunken into place (often into an excavated trench), with the elements being connected, finished ...
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| x Tunnel boring machine |
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Tunnelling Method |
A tunnel boring machine (TBM) is a machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section through a variety of soil and rock strata. They can bore through hard rock, sand, and almost anything in between. Tunnel diameters can range from a...
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| x Microtunneling |
As the name implies, microtunneling is used to construct small tunnels. These small diameter tunnels make it impossible to have an operator in the machine itself. Instead, the microtunnel boring machine or MTBM must be operated remotely. Usually the...
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| x Slurry wall |
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Tunnelling Method |
A slurry wall is a reinforced-concrete diaphragm wall used to build tunnels, to open cuts, and to lay foundations in areas of soft earth close to open water or with a high ground water table.
Slurry walls are typically constructed by starting with a...
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