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Ground Conditioning for the Excavation of a Rock Mass with High Hydrostatic Pressure Using an EPB: The Experience in...
Abstract: The Interurban Train Line Toluca – Mexico crosses the mountain range of Las Cruces, which is part of the vast TransMexican Volcanic Belt, from east to west, with twin 4.7 km long tunnels, at depths from 15 to 136 m and with a slope of 4% in most of the alignment. Two 8.56 m. diameter EPB shields were used to bore the twin tunnels, facing the extremely complicated geology of the region composed...
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Pumping the muck with EPB machines – Considerations about the soil conditioning.The examples of two hydraulic...
Abstract: During the tunnel excavation with EPB machines, the traditional mucking operations with horizontal belt conveyor is sometimes replaced by the use of piston pumps to move the muck from the TBM to the tunnel portal. When this mucking technique is selected, the soil conditioning plays a key role for the improving of the whole excavation process, giving the contractor several advantages in terms of...
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