Midas is a great software for tunnel design. I highly recommend all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncqMbxvrT1U
The Thames Tideway project will create a super-sewer beneath London capable of providing the required overflow capacity to the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLcuNQbIYSs
Overview This project includes a numerical design of a metro pedestrian access tunnel between a metro line and shopping mall with a NATM methodology. In Istanbul, due to a construction of a new shopping...
The major mobile operators in The Netherlands (T-Mobile, KPN and Vodafone) have implemented the first mobile coverage which provides the commuters traveling at high peed trains with superfast downloads in tunnel of Oude Maas. T-Mobile released the...
Interesting!
Being faster than a snail is truly an innovation in tunneling. TUM Boring – Innovation in Tunneling is an initiative of the Technical University of Munich consisting of 60 highly motivated students who have teamed up to...
Assessment of different ventilation strategies on ventilation performance in immersed tunnels
Linjie Li, Qiaozhi Qiu, Xuefu Zhang, Pai Xu, Jialiang Liu, Yilin Li
Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, 400074, People’s...
I have not yet had the chance to see the new lighting in the real tunnel itself, but if no photoshopping in those B.C. government photos, the new LED lighting comes out as so natural lighting. It is certainly much less destructing.
See for...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B0XokVi0XU
With the help of a Mikrotron MotionBLITZ high-speed recording system, Furrer + Frey, together with the AlpTransit Gotthard AG and the Swiss Federal Railways, are able to observe how the pantographs...
Mechanical aspects of construction of new TBM tunnel under existing structures
Wu Ke Shandong University, China
Zheng Zhang Shandong University , China
Chen Shu Li Shandong University, China
Sheng Lei ZhouQilu Transportation Development...
Experimental Study of Blasting Excavation for Large Cross-Section Tunnel in Horizontal Layered Rock Mass
Jie Mei Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Research Center, Shandong University, China
Wanzhi Zhang School of Transportation and...
Fluid Flow and Leakage Assessment Through an Unlined/Shotcrete Lined Pressure Tunnel: A Case from Nepal Himalaya
Krishna Kanta Panthi & Chhatra Bahadur Basnet
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering...
On February 8, Hyundai E&C make announcement written in ChosunBiz. Hyundai will apply for a patent to produce irregular big objects using 3D printing company. Together with 3D printing company 3D Factory. They worked together...
I have not read it yet, but I bet this book offers an interesting read.
Appreciate any reviews.
Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
Authors: Jahed Armaghani,...
Study on Internal Force of Tunnel Segment by Considering the Influence of Joints
Linwei Dong,Zhiyong Yang, Zhenyong Wang, Yaowen Ding, and Weiqiang Qi
School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and...
Stability Analysis of Slope and Diversion Water Tunnel of Hydropower Station under Strong Earthquake
Zhongchang Wang & Bo Li
School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian, 116028,...
An 11,000 tonne curved concrete box is pushed under the East Coast Main Line near Peterborough 'in a first for UK engineering'.
The link also has the video of the operation. Similar construction method already has been performed several...
A good tunnel safety paper.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S088677982100002X
Sanetoshi Saito Yuki Yamauchi
Railway Technical Research Institute, 2-8-38 Hikari-cho, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8540,...
Mingji Zhao
School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Yun Cheng ,Zhanping Song ,Tong Wang ,Yuwei Zhang
School of Civil Engineering, Xi’an...
The system, which should make life easier for drivers who rely on car-navigation technology, is currently being tested in Prague’s Blanka tunnel. If successfull, it will be rolled out at other...
Ilam tunnels inspection, maintenance, and rehabilitation: A case study
Academic paper from Iran academics.
Pezhman Moradi - ArchCo (Archit Armeh) Consulting Engineers, Esfahan, Iran
Mohammad JavadAsadi - Road and Transportation...