This article about Bahçe-Nurdağı tunnel in southeastern Türkiye. It is a two-tube tunnel. 10 kilometer each tube. Longest railway tunnel of Turkey. One of the tunnels is finished ready. Tunnel goes through earthquake faults and very difficult construction. Frequent earth slides during excavation.
Assessment of rate of penetration of a tunnel boring machine in the longest railway tunnel of Turkey
Candan Gökçeoğlu
Department of Geological Engineering, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, 06800, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42452-021-04903-y
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Assessment of rate of penetration of a tunnel boring machine in the longest railway tunnel of Turkey
link.springer.comSN Applied Sciences - One of the most important issues in tunnels to be constructed with tunnel boring machines (TBMs) is to predict the excavation time. Excavation time directly affects tunnel...