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First ship tunnel to be constructed in Norway
- Mar, 24, 2021
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock News On Projects / Industry
- Norway
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Norway plans for a pioneering construction project that will facilitate ship transportation. The plan includes the construction of a tunnel from which ships will pass by in order to avoid the Stad pe...
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Bentley introduces regularized Hoek-Brown model in PLAXIS 2D
- Jun, 29, 2020
- Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Tunneling Tunneling In Rock News On Research / Academia
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Bentley has recently applied a generalized Hoek and Brown (HB) model to simulate the behavior of brittle rocks in underground excavations. The HB failure criterion has been widely utilized over the p...
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New tunnel in Swiss Alps changes railway transport in Europe
- Sep, 04, 2020
- Railway Geotechnics Tunneling In Rock News On Projects / Industry
- Switzerland, Sant'Antonino
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A significant step has been made for the completion of a great railway project in Europe. The Ceneri Base Tunnel (CBT), a twin-tube tunnel that passes under Monte Ceneri, was completed on September...
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TBM breaks through hard granitic rock on Atlanta water tunnel
The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) that was used to achieve Atlanta's water supply tunnel overcame extreme hard rock conditions. The 3.8-meter diameter Robbins Main Beam TBM completed its 8 kilometers...
Read MoreNew Book: Design and Construction of Tunnels - Analysis of Controlled Deformation in Rock and Soils.
- Aug, 27, 2008
- News On Publications Foundation Design / Construction Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
New Book: Design and Construction of Tunnels - Analysis of Controlled Deformation in Rock and Soils. Author: Pietro Lunardi. Copyright 2008, Springer-Verlag. Visit our Featured Books section for more...
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