The main application area for earth pressure balance (EPB) shield machines is soil with at least 30 % of fines. Especially in coarse-grained material and in connection with ground-water pressure, the...
In tunnel 5/2010 we examined the foundation of the STUVA and the diverse tasks it was faced during the course of the past 50 years. Upon looking back it can be determined that tunnelling technology...
Tunnelling between current challenges and visions for the future – this is how the theme tunnel at the InnoTrans 2010 could be put in a nutshell.
Parallel to the presentation of the latest products...
The 4,205 m long two-track Kaiser Wilhelm Tunnel between Ediger-Eller and Cochem is more than 130 years old and has to be refurbished. Towards this end a new Kaiser Wilhelm Tunnel is to be built...
The installation of the rail technology in the western bore has begun at the south portal of the Gotthard Base Tunnel – between Bodio and Faido. The roughly 16 km long part-section will be...
The two-track Eierberge Tunnel with a length of 3,756 m is a part of the new line between Ebensfeld and Leipzig (with a total of 22 tunnels, altogether 41 km long accounting for 38 % of the route). It...
The worldwide unique underground fair – the IUT ’2011 – will take place from September 14 to 15, 2011 – for the 6th time – at the Hagerbach Test Gallery/VSH) near Sargans in eastern...
The control systems of the PPS GmbH, which keep tunnel boring machines on course, use robust Panel PCs from the Puchheimer Penta GmbH as hardware platforms. These are distinguished by their extremely...
The Brenner Base Tunnel was at the centre of the 2010 BrennerCongress, which took place from Feb. 25 to 27, 2010 in Innsbruck/A. More than 300 congress participants were informed about the stage...
The ADAC and its 15 partner clubs in 14 European countries undertake tunnel tests within the scope of the EuroTAP (European Tunnel Assessment Programme) [1]. Currently there is more building forging...
