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Turkish Tunnellng Paper: Contribution on the understanding of EPB-TBM drives in complex geologic structures

 

 

Contribution on the understanding of EPB-TBM drives in complex geologic structures

 

Sinan Acun

KKC Marmaray Construction JV, İstanbul, Turkey

Nuh Bilgin

İstanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey

Ulaş Erboylu

KKC Marmaray Construction JV, İstanbul, Turkey

Received 2 April 2020,

Revised 24 September 2020,

Accepted 25 September 2020,

Available online 10 October 2020.

 

This artcile is about the issues encountered during the EPB-TBM boring of New Istanbul Airport Metro construction project. Out of the 10 EPB-TBMs were usedö two got jammed in complex weakness zones as loose and open crushed zones. This article is over such risks and how they were resolved.

 

This paper published in

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volume 107, January 2021,

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0886779820306003#!

 

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