https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbViLxCHsOo Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project, part of the Victoria's Big Build has deployed First Person View (FPV) drones to inspect the state of the construction. Drones can film multiple levels of the stations...

Hi all, You can access the keynote and the proceedings for the NROCK2023 Symposium on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering  held in Reykjavik, Iceland ​May 2023 http://www.nrock2023.com/papers.html Home page for the symposium:...

A huge cavern in a zone of thrusted and sheared clastic sedimentary rocks was encountered during drill and blast (D&B) and tunnel boring machine (TBM) excavation of water transfer tunnel in...

Multi-Information Fusion Based on BIM and Intuitionistic Fuzzy D-S Evidence Theory for Safety Risk Assessment of Undersea Tunnel Construction Projects by Xiaolin Xun 1 [ORCID] , Jun Zhang 2 and Yongbo Yuan 1, 1 Department of Construction...

Safety Evaluation of Subway Tunnel Construction under Extreme Rainfall Weather Conditions Based on Combination Weighting–Set Pair Analysis Model Ping Liu , Yu Wang , Tongze Han *, Jiaming Xu and Qiangnian Li School of Civil Engineering,...

Evaluation of Water Inrush Hazard in Karst Tunnel Based on Improved Non-Linear Attribute Variable Weight Recognition Model Xianhui Mao 1 [ORCID] , Ankui Hu 1,2,3,*, Mengkun Wu 1, Shuai Zhou 1, Xinglin Chen 1 and Yajing Li 1 1 School of Energy...

A Normal Cloud Model-Based Method for Risk Assessment of Water Inrush and Its Application in a Super-Long Tunnel Constructed by a Tunnel Boring Machine in the Arid Area of Northwest China by Xin Wang 1, Kebin Shi 1, Quan Shi 1, Hanwei Dong 2 and...

Evaluation of Water Inrush Hazard in Karst Tunnel Based on Improved Non-Linear Attribute Variable Weight Recognition Model Xianhui Mao 1, Ankui Hu 1,2,3, Mengkun Wu 1, Shuai Zhou 1, Xinglin Chen 1 and Yajing Li 1   1 School...

Severe shield jamming events have been reported during excavation of Uluabat tunnel through adverse geological conditions, which resulted in several stoppages at advancing a single shielded tunnel boring machine (TBM). To study the jamming...

BIM-based digital platform and risk management system for mountain tunnel construction Naifei Liu, Desai Guo, Zhanping Song, School of Civil Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an, 710055,...

Discussion on Optimization Design of Tunnel Lining Based on Safety Coefficient Guodong Cao China Railway First Survey and Design Institute Group Co. Ltd. Xi'an Shaanxi, China   Pay...

Study on Lighting Technology of Basic Section of Spiral Tunnel Meimei Qiao Beijing Jiaoke Highway Survey Design and Research Institute Co. Ltd Beijing, China   Pay article. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10114341

Optimum spacing and rock breaking efficiency of TBM double disc cutters penetrating in water-soaked mudstone with FDEM  Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology ( IF 6.407 ) Pub Date: 2023-05-05 , Tie Wang, Chengzeng Yan, Hong Zheng,...

A rough collection of various directions innovation takes in tunnel boring machines. https://www.construction-europe.com/news/6-ways-tunnel-boring-machines-are-evolving/8026001.article

  Real-Time Estimation Method for Tunnel-Excavated Rock Strength Based on TBM Parameters Ting Ren ; M.S. Candidate, School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing Three Gorges Univ., Chongqing 404199, China. Hailong Zhang ; Professor,...

Face Stability of Tunnel in Multi-stratum: Limit Analysis and Numerical Simulation Yanbo Chang (1), Ping Cao(2), Jian Zhang (1), Zhi Fan (1), Weiping Xie (1,2), Zhizhen Liu (2,3), Huijuan Deng (2) & Qingxiong Zhao (2) 1- Sinohydro...

  Adaptive Modification of TBM Tunneling in Coal Mine Roadway and Disaster Control Technology for Complex Geological Conditions   Hongtao Wang 1, Changkuan Zhou 2, Qingquan Bi 2, Hao Zhu 2, Ziwei Ding 3,* and Chenchen Zhang...

A Geological Model-Aided Risk Assessment Approach for Tunnel Collapse in Metro Construction-A Case Study of Wuhan Metro Line 19 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4424739

Fracture evolution and fracture mechanism of tunnel surrounding rock: A case study based on laboratory tests and theoretical analysis Weijing Xiao, School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang,...

Influence of Base Rock Deterioration on Tunnel Bottom Structure Damage under Train Excitation Zi-Qiang Li,1 Wei-Wei Huang,2 Zheng Li,3 Jian-Wen Feng,4 Hang Zhang,5 and Qi Li 6 1 School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Chongqing...