Tunnel

This volume presents a selection of chapters covering a wide range of tunneling engineering topics. The scope was to present reviews of established methods and new approaches in construction practice and in digital technology tools like building information modeling.

This book presents recent data on tunnel engineering to improve the theory and practice of the construction of underground structures. It provides an overview of tunneling technology and includes chapters that address analytical and numerical methods for rock load estimation and design support systems and advances in measurement systems for underground structures. The book discusses the empirical, analytical, and numerical methods of tunneling practice worldwide.

Tunnellingisanexcitingandrapidlyevolvingtechnology.Pioneeringprocesses are commonplace and innovative thinking continues to rewrite the rules. In civil engineering, tunnelling is one of the few areas where new horizons are constantly being discovered. But for the profession to reach its full potential, tunnelling needs to be more accessible to those talented engineers in search of new challenges and keen to make lasting contributions to society.

The Channel Tunnel has been open for 25 years. Every day it transports thousands of people and millions of products between England and France, with its trains travelling further under water than in any other tunnel in the world. But while building the tunnel was an epic achievement, keeping this vital artery flowing is a constant, never-ending challenge. As the Channel Tunnel’s 25th anniversary collides with Brexit, we meet the dedicated and passionate teams behind the scenes and beneath the sea bed who keep everything on track. We'll visit parts of the tunnel we don’t normally see as we get deep down and dirty with the tunnel maintenance teams.