TBM Excavation in Difficult Ground Conditions (eBook)

Prof. Dr. Nuh Bilgin is professor at the Mining Engineering Department of Istanbul Technical University. He has published more than one hundred papers on mechanized mining and tunneling technologies, and is currently chairman of the Turkish Tunneling Society. Prof. Dr. Hanifi Copur works as an academician in the Mining Engineering Department of the Istanbul Technical University. He is an expert for mechanical mining and tunneling and is a board member of the Turkish Tunneling Society. Prof. Dr. Cemal Balci is professor at the Mining Engineering Department of Istanbul Technical University, and has worked on many national and international implementation and research projects concerning mechanized mining and tunneling technologies. He is a board member of the Turkish Tunneling Society.

Nuh Bilgin lehrt seit 1989 als Professor an der Fakultät für Bergbau der TU Istanbul und ist Vorsitzernder der Turkish Tunnelling Society. Hanifi Copur und Cemal Balci forschen und lehren ebenfalls an der Fakultät für Bergbau der TU Istanbul und sind Mitglieder des Vorstandes der Turkish Tunnelling Society.

1 Introduction
2 Geology of Turkey and Istanbul, expected problems, some cuttability characteristics of the rocks
3 Difficult ground conditions dictating selection of TBM type in Istanbul
4 Difficult ground conditions affecting the performance of EPB-TBMs
5 Selection of cutter type for difficult ground conditions
6 Effects of North and East Anatolian Faults on TBM performances
7 The effect of blocky ground on TBM performance and the mechanism of rock rupture
8 The effects of transition zones, dykes, fault zones and rock discontinuities on TBM performance
9 Squeezing grounds and their effects on TBM performance
10 Clogging of the TBM cutterhead
11 The effect of high strength rocks on TBM performance
12 The effect of high abrasivity on TBM performance
13 Effect of methane and other gases on TBM Performance
14 Probe drilling ahead of TBMs in difficult ground conditions
15 Application of umbrella arch in Kargi project
Index 1 Introduction
2 Geology of Turkey and Istanbul, expected problems, some cuttability characteristics of the rocks
3 Difficult ground conditions dictating selection of TBM type in Istanbul
4 Difficult ground conditions affecting the performance of EPB-TBMs
5 Selection of cutter type for difficult ground conditions
6 Effects of North and East Anatolian Faults on TBM performances
7 The effect of blocky ground on TBM performance and the mechanism of rock rupture
8 The effects of transition zones, dykes, fault zones and rock discontinuities on TBM performance
9 Squeezing grounds and their effects on TBM performance
10 Clogging of the TBM cutterhead
11 The effect of high strength rocks on TBM performance
12 The effect of high abrasivity on TBM performance
13 Effect of methane and other gases on TBM Performance
14 Probe drilling ahead of TBMs in difficult ground conditions
15 Application of umbrella arch in Kargi project
Index