Tunnelling and Tunnel Mechanics A Rational Approach to Tunnelling - Kolymbas, Dimitrios; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005)
Design -- Installations in tunnels -- Investigation and description of the ground -- Heading -- Support -- Grouting and freezing -- The New Austrian Tunnelling Method -- Management of groundwater -- Application of compressed air -- Subaqueous tunnels -- Shafts -- Safety during construction -- Tunnelling Mechanics -- Behaviour of soil and rock -- Stress and deformation fields around a deep circular tunnel -- Supporting action of anchors/bolts -- Some approximate solutions for shallow tunnels -- Stability of the excavation face -- Earthquake effects on tunnels -- Settlement of the surface -- Stability problems in tunnelling -- Monitoring -- Numerical analysis of tunnels.
Keywords: Geotechnical engineering; Engineering geology; Engineering-Geology.; Foundations; Hydraulics; Mechanics; Mechanics, Applied; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics