TUNNELLING '79. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, ORGANIZED BY THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY, WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE BRITISH TUNNELLING SOCIETY, THE INSTITUTION OF MINING ENGINEERS AND THE TRANSPORT AND ROAD RESEARCH LABORATORY, HELD IN LONDON FROM 12 TO 16 MARCH 1979

(Continued from TRIS abstract no 316976). The following papers are included: Session 3 (continued): Performance of a Shallow Tunnel in a Shaly Rock with High Horizontal Stresses (Lo, KY, Devata, M and Yuen, CMK). Session 4: Drivage of Jubilee Surface Drift (Northard, JH and Englert, R); Results from a Case Study of Ground Freezing at Du Toitskloof Tunnel, South Africa (Cockroft, TN and Graham, DR). Session 5: The Lewes Road Tunnel, Sussex, England (Craig, RN); The Bolmen Tunnel, Sweden (Sylvan, C); Long Term Peformance of a Machine-Bored Tunnel with Use of an Unreinforced, Precast, Segmented Concrete Lining in Soft Clay (Palmer, JHL and Belshaw, DJ). Session 6: Rock Bolting and Time-Dependent Behaviour of Strata (Raffoux, JF and Dejean, MJ); Lining, Support and Instrumentation of the Caven for the Paulo Alfonso IV Power Station, Brazil (Friere, FCV and Souza, RJB); Excavation and Support of the Padrun Tunnel, Spain (Mendana, F and Del Rio, JA). Session 7: Road Tunnel in very Soft Soil in Terrance Deposits in the Harz Mountains, Germany (Duddeck, H, Meister, D, Werner, E, Schlegel, R and Theurer, M); Two New Methods of Tunnelling through Poor Ground in Built-Up Areas (Bougard, JF); Excavation of Expansive Ground Formation for the Seikan Undersea Tunnel Project (Mochida, Y). (Continued on TRIS abstract no 316977). (TRRL)

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• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 430 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
  • Publisher: Institution of Mining & Metallurgy

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anchorages; Chalks; Conferences; Construction; Construction management; Cracking; Design; Frozen soils; Limestone; Rockbolts; Rocks; Seas; Shale; Soft soils; Tunnel lining; Tunneling; Tunnels; Underground structures; Underwater excavation; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Injection (Materials); Site investigation; Subterranean
• Geographic Terms: Brazil; Canada; France; Germany; Japan; South Africa; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 3420: Anchorage; 8012: Brazil; 8018: Canada; 4120: Chalk; 8525: Conference; 3655: Construction; 3666: Construction method; 5211: Cracking; 9011: Design (overall design); 8036: France; 8125: Germany; 3617: Injection (mater); 8053: Japan; 4131: Limestone; 4154: Rock; 4368: Sea; 4168: Shale; 5722: Site investigation; 8103: South Africa; 8105: Spain; 4372: Subterranean; 8109: Sweden; 3374: Tunnel; 3385: Tunnel lining; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; I25: Design of Tunnels; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw; I41: General Soil Surveys; I43: Rock Mechanics; I54: Construction of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00316977
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 19 1981 12:00AM