| Code |
Course Name |
Language |
Type |
| MAD 413E |
Tunneling |
English |
Elective |
| Local Credits |
ECTS |
Theoretical |
Tutorial |
Laboratory |
| 3 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction |
| Prerequisites |
None |
| Class Restriction |
None |
| Course Description |
| General view into large section underground openings. Drilling machines, patterns, job organization in classical tunneling.
Principles of classical tunneling (New Austrian Tunneling Method), support and reinforcement. Partial-face excavation machines
used in classical tunneling, performance prediction. Hard rock and soft ground TBMs used for large underground openings,
performance prediction. Surface settlements. Ground improvement. Basics of excavation design with numerical modeling.
Utilities used in underground excavations, muck transportation, ventilation. Emerging excavation technologies. |
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