Civil excavations and tunnelling : a practical guide

This is a comprehensive text on civil excavations at the surface as well as subsurface locales. Including tunnels that could be created with or without aid of explosives using latest methods equipment and techniques with due consideration to safety and environment.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Tatiya, Ratan
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : Reston, VA : Thomas Telford ; Distributed in the USA by ASCE Press, 2005.
Subjects
Excavation.
Tunneling.
Tunnels > Design and construction.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780727737335
0727737333
9781628704990
1628704993
0727733400
9780727733405
Physical Description1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction and site investigations
  • 2. Ground and rock fragmentation
  • drilling and blasting
  • 3. Earth movers, excavators and open-cut excavations
  • 4. Tunnelling by conventional methods
  • 5. Mechanized tunnelling
  • 6. Shield tunnelling in soft ground
  • 7. Special methods
  • 8. Microtunnelling
  • 9. Raising, sinking and large subsurface excavations
  • 10. Hazards, safety and the environment
  • 11. Conversion tables.

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