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Abstract: The Lot 1 of Paris metro line 11 consists in 3,6km of tunnels and 4 underground stations in an urbanized environment. The design has been performed by SYSTRA, construction has begun in 2016. The station “Dhuys” consisting of a deep shaft and a 50m long mined tunnel will be realized in the plastic and expansive marly soils of “Ludien” through an instable slope beneath several buildings with a...
Abstract: Phenomena such as convergence and anisotropic behaviour can be expected when tunnelling through schistose rocks under high overburden in the Alps. The 13 km-long safety tunnel of the existing Frejus Highway tunnel, at the French-Italian border, is currently under construction and the 6.5 km-long French Lot was successfully completed with a hard rock 9.4 Ø...