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Approx. 42 km of tunnel were excavated on the contract Tulfes‐Pfons H33, including a 15 km long section of the exploratory tunnel, which has been excavated since October 2015 with a gripper TBM from the Ahrental access tunnel southward into the district of Steinach. The interaction of the tunnel boring machine with the rock mass is discussed here as a back analysis of the mechanized tunnelling drive...
The application of full‐face mechanized tunnelling, mainly with EPB shielded machines, has widely increased in the last years and today it can be considered the key technology when tunnelling in soils above and below the water table. The applicability range of EPB machines has widened thanks on one side to the technological and mechanical progresses and on the other side to the quality and effectiveness...
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