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The IFC-Tunnel Project – Extending the IFC Standard to Enable High-Quality Exchange of Tunnel Information Models
The paper reports on the buildingSMART International project IFC-Tunnel that is develo** an extension of the vendor-neutral data exchange standard...
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Overview of Wind Tunnel Test Models
This chapter firstly introduces the basic information of wind tunnel tests and the test models, focusing on the background and current status of the...
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A unified design model for estimating tunnel performance considering multiple excavation stoppages
In tunnel construction, excavation stoppages are often encountered due to many irresistible factors. This study reveals the influence mechanism of...
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CFD Modelling of Tunnel Fires
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling has been widely used for performance-based tunnel fire safety design in engineering applications. A CFD...
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Analysis of Raise Boring with Grouting as an Optimal Method for Ore Pass Construction in Incompetent Rock Mass—A Case Study
The construction of ore pass systems in underground mines is a high-risk activity, especially in an environment with incompetent rock mass. This...
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A Trade-Off Study Between Drill & Blast Operations and Reef Boring Method
With increasing depths of mining, difficult reef geologies, reduced overall mine productivity, as well as the increasing cost lines associated with...
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Realtime prediction of hard rock TBM advance rate using temporal convolutional network (TCN) with tunnel construction big data
Real-time dynamic adjustment of the tunnel bore machine (TBM) advance rate according to the rock-machine interaction parameters is of great...
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Real-Time Simulation for Steering the Tunnel Construction Process
Currently, in mechanized tunneling, the steering of tunnel boring machines (TBM) in practice is mainly decided based on engineering expert knowledge...
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A Dynamic Model of Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Shield Tunneling Parameters Prediction
Tunnel boring machine (TBM) is widely utilized in large cross-section tunnel excavation with high permeability soil conditions. During the shield...
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Investigation of carbon emission in slurry shield tunnel construction based on modified process analysis method
Underground engineering, including shield tunnel construction, is a significant contributor to carbon dioxide emissions in infrastructure engineering...
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Failure characteristics and development mechanism of fault rockburst in a deep TBM tunnel: a case study
An intense fault rockburst recently occurred in a deep tunnel excavated by tunnel boring machine in China, which was taken as a case to study the...
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A novel LSTM-autoencoder and enhanced transformer-based detection method for shield machine cutterhead clogging
Shield tunneling machines are paramount underground engineering equipment and play a key role in tunnel construction. During the shield construction...
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Data-driven sequential development of geological cross-sections along tunnel trajectory
Forecasting geological cross-section ahead of tunnel face is an essential ingredient for tunnel design and construction. Geological analysis and...
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Structural Responses of a Tunnel Lining Due to an Adjacent Loaded Pile
The work reported in this article numerically investigates the structural forces in a tunnel lining after applying an adjacent loaded pile for...
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Analysis of the Blow-out Occurrence When Tunnelling an Urban Shallow Tunnel: a Case Study of Ho Chi Minh Metro Line 1 Project
Several analytical models have been proposed to estimate the maximum support pressure exerting on the tunnel face during the tunnelling corresponding...
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RCLSTMNet: A Residual-convolutional-LSTM Neural Network for Forecasting Cutterhead Torque in Shield Machine
During tunneling process, it is of critical importance to dynamically adjust operation parameters of shield machine due to changes of geological...
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Assessment and Control of Construction Risk for a Super-Sized Quasi-Rectangular Pipe-Jacking Tunnel Adjacently to High-Speed Railways: A Case Study
Constructing super-sized quasi-rectangular pipe-jacking tunnels beneath high-speed railways presents a significant risk to both the railways and the...
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GFRP Reinforced Precast Concrete Tunnel Lining Segments Under Flexural Cyclic Loading
The strength and behavior of precast segmental tunnel linings reinforced internally with fiber-reinforced-polymer (FRP) bars is one area in which...
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Numerical and experimental analyses of methane leakage in shield tunnel
Tunnels constructed in gas-bearing strata are affected by the potential leakage of harmful gases, such as methane gas. Based on the basic principles...
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Mixed Face Ground Conditions and Composite TBM
It has been over 170 years from the year 1806 when Brunel invented the tunnel boring machine (Fig. 1) to the 1980s, during which shield machines were...