GUIDELINES FOR THE DESIGN OF TUNNELS

This second report by the ita working group on general approaches to the design of tunnels presents international design procedures for tunnels. In most tunnelling projects, the ground actively participates in providing stability to the opening. Therefore, the general approach to the design of tunnels includes site investigations, ground probing and in-situ monitoring, as well as the analysis of stresses and deformations. For the latter, the different structural design models applied at present -including the observational method -are presented. Guidelines for the structural detailing of the tunnel lining and national recommendations on tunnel design are also given. It is hoped that the information herein, based on experiences from a wide range of tunnelling projects, will be disseminated to tunnel designers throughout the world.

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  ITA WORKING GROUPS ON GENERAL APPROACHES TO THE DE

  HEADINGTON HILL HALL
  Oxford,   United Kingdom 
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 237-49
• Serial:
  • Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0886-7798
  • Serial URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/tunnelling-and-underground-space-technology

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Specifications; Tunnel lining; Tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation
• ITRD Terms: 9011: Design (overall design); 5722: Site investigation; 177: Specifications; 3374: Tunnel; 3385: Tunnel lining
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00483364
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1989 12:00AM