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Abstract: There is plenty of room to enhance the current soil Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs). The present article introduces a novel semi-mechanized tunneling method for soil excavation that uses high-pressure waterjets and concrete extrusion. Compared to conventional excavation tools (fracture, friction and wear), hydro-excavation has a higher power-to-weight ratio, faster advance rates and lower wearing...