Underground Works
Code
9398
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Engenharia Civil
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
João Paulo Bilé Serra
Weekly hours
5
Total hours
70
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
The student will be able to perform the design tunnels and other underground works and also slope stabilization works.
Subject matter
Reinforced earth. Slope stabilization: stabilization solutions, the importance of drainage; application of calculation methods to the evaluation of the effects of the stabilization solutions. Tunnels and other underground works: basic principles of underground structures; the importance of the stability of the front face; construction techniques; design methods; definition of supports (primary and definitive). Prediction and modelling of the behavior of retaining structures and of underground works. Importance of the construction stages. Instrumentation and monitoring. Case studies.
Bibliography
Spayed concrete linings (NATM) for tunnels in soft ground , ICE, 1995, Institution of Civil Engineers Design and Practice Guides Manual de Túneles y Obras Subterráneas , López Jimeno, C., 1997, Entorno Grafico, Madrid. ISBN 84-921708-1-6 Le calcul des tunnels par la méthode convergence-confinement , Panet, M., 1995, Presses de l?École Nacionale des Ponts et Chaussées
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