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Abstract: AFTES, the French Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, is going to publish soon one Guideline regarding the design and dimensioning of a bolting support system in underground tunnels. This guideline is a document established by the Working Group n°30 (WG30). The aim of this document is to provide a general and useful frame helping the designer in the framework of the design and...
Abstract: The excavation of exploratory works of the Saint-Martin-la-Porte of the future Lyon-Turin railway line have highlighted the squeezing behaviour of carbonaceous shales of the « Houiller », with large convergences which continued far from the tunnel face, highlighting the time-dependent behaviour of this rock mass. The design of the excavation method, of the supports to be put in place and of the...