The module is intended to familiarize students comprehensively with the whole field of tunnelling. The participants will acquire in-depth knowledge for engineering tasks in the areas of planning, construction and operation of tunnels. The students will learn to independently work on tasks from these areas and to develop a specific understanding of the methods. They will be enabled to solve the common problems of tunnel design and construction and to work independently and purposefully. Relations of this area with other areas of civil engineering as an interdisciplinary task are recognized and integrated into the solutions. The students will acquire knowledge that is necessary for the preparation and execution of construction projects of tunnel construction. The methods commonly used in practice shall be applied.
Content:
Design, engineering and technologies in Tunneling- Planning methods for tunnel construction
- Methods and components of for temporary and final tunnel lining
- Conventional Tunneling
- Excavation techniques for soil and rock
- Conventional tunnelling with mechanised excavation of the rock mass
- Sprayed concrete method
- Compressed air method
- Mechanized tunnelling, different Tunnel Boring Machines adapted to the boundary conditions on rock and soil formations
- Single-shell and double-shell tunnel linings
- Special construction methods
- Monitoring and process management
- Special features of tunnelling logistics and ventilation
- Safety aspects during construction and operation
- Settlement prediction for green-field and buildings
- Technical principals of manned techniques – steerable
- Microtunnelling,
- Pipe Jacking
- Construction and structural analysis of Jacking Pipes
- Jacking Forces, Jacking Force Prediction
See Module handbook
- Kursleiter/in: Julius Fründt
- Kursleiter/in: Nils Malte Gramlich
- Kursleiter/in: Anna-Lena Hammer
- Kursleiter/in: Matthias Rengshausen
- Kursleiter/in: Britta Schößer
- Kursleiter/in: Marius Schröer