Stuttgart 21 – 17 Kilometres Tunnelling in Anhydrite:Lessons Learned

1 Stuttgart 21 – Sections in anhydrite, plan and cross sections Credit/Quelle: WBI
1 Stuttgart 21 – Sections in anhydrite, plan and cross sections
Credit/Quelle: WBI
2 Unleached Gypsum Keuper, rock mechanical model Credit/Quelle: WBI
2 Unleached Gypsum Keuper, rock mechanical model
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3 Tunnels in Gypsum Keuper, longitudinal section, principle Credit/Quelle: WBI
3 Tunnels in Gypsum Keuper, longitudinal section, principle
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4 Horizontal leaching through marker layers (Ober-/Untertürkheim) Credit/Quelle: WBI
4 Horizontal leaching through marker layers (Ober-/Untertürkheim)
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5 Sealing of loosened zone around the tunnel, sealing structures and grouting works anhydrite Credit/Quelle: WBI
5 Sealing of loosened zone around the tunnel, sealing structures and grouting works anhydrite
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6 Design measures for tunnel sections in anhydritic rock Credit/Quelle: WBI
6 Design measures for tunnel sections in anhydritic rock
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7 Excavation works for the construction of a sealing structure Credit/Quelle: WBI
7 Excavation works for the construction of a sealing structure
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8 Results of grouting works anhydrite Credit/Quelle: WBI
8 Results of grouting works anhydrite
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9 Results of Lugeon-tests carried out in grouted rock Credit/Quelle: WBI
9 Results of Lugeon-tests carried out in grouted rock
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10 Design of internal lining, sequence of FE-analyses Credit/Quelle: WBI
10 Design of internal lining, sequence of FE-analyses
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11 Calculated radial pressures on internal lining after 100 years of swelling, examples Credit/Quelle: WBI
11 Calculated radial pressures on internal lining after 100 years of swelling, examples
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12 Reinforcement in the sidewall, example Feuerbach Tunnel Credit/Quelle: Arge Tunnel Feuerbach
12 Reinforcement in the sidewall, example Feuerbach Tunnel
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Within the framework of the Stuttgart 21 project, the tunnelling work for the approximately 17 km of tunnels in anhydrite has been successfully completed. The present article is intended to provide a brief overview of the findings from these tunnelling operations and to contribute to reducing the risk of damages and inadmissible heave in future tunnel construction projects in swelling anhydrite-bearing rocks.

1 Introduction

Tunnelling in swelling anhydrite-containing rocks has been within the focus of the work of WBI since we started our engineering company in the year 1980. We were deeply involved in the design and construction of the Hasenbergtunnel of the suburban railway line in Stuttgart, Germany, as ground and tunnelling expert and as review engineer. This tunnel has been operational since its completion in 1984 without damages and heave. Already before WBI was founded, Prof. Dr. Walter Wittke was ground and tunnelling expert as well as review engineer for the successful construction of the...

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Dr.-Ing. MARTIN WITTKE, Managing partner/Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter, WBI GmbH, Weinheim, Germany/Deutschland

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