Second revised edition

Mechanised Tunnelling with Shield Driving

Prof. Bernhard Maidl, Dr.-Ing. E.h. Martin Herrenknecht, Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Maidl, Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Wehrmeyer, 2nd completely revised and amended edition. ISBN 978-3-433-02948-0. 2011, 512 pp. with 468 Ills. and 44 Tables as well as 315 Sources. Format 17.5 x 24.5 cm. Bound. 119.- euros. Can be ordered via your bookshop in the Bauverlag.

The worldwide trend in construction towards mechanisation and automation also demanded a similar development in tunnelling: mechanised tunnelling – even in Austria, the home of the New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM) – affording more industrial safety, higher...

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