GEOLOGICAL METHODS FOR FORECASTING THE EXTENT OF WATER INFILTRATION INTO A TUNNEL

METODI GEOLOGICI PER LA PREVISIONE DELL'ENTITA DELLE VENTUE D'ACQUA IN GALLERIA

A study of water flow in rock formations is applied to forecasting water infiltration into deep tunnels. A model of the fracture network in a rock mass is derived from a geological survey of the area. This model is used to calculate the penetration and volume of water movement through the rock, based upon the hydrology of the region in question. The aim of the research is to provide information which would be useful in the routeing of tunnels, determining methods of excavation, and estimating the duration of the project. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Casa Editrice la fiaccola

  Via Carlo Ravizza 62
  Milano,   Italy 
• Authors:
  • Francani, V
• Publication Date: 1977-10

Language

• Italian

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 929-935
• Serial:
  • Rivista della Strada
  • Volume: 46
  • Issue Number: 435
  • Publisher: Casa Editrice la fiaccola

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Engineering geology; Estimating; Flow; Forecasting; Geological surveying; Geology; Hydraulics; Hydrology; Infiltration; Lane lines; Mass; Rocks; Routing; Streamflow; Tunneling; Tunnels; Underground structures; Water
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rock mass; Subterranean
• Old TRIS Terms: Tunnel hydraulics
• ITRD Terms: 5430: Flow (fluid); 4053: Geology; 4332: Hydrology; 4154: Rock; 4372: Subterranean; 3374: Tunnel; 4355: Water
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I41: General Soil Surveys;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00173323
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 1978 12:00AM