This work, written by a leading Italian expert, illustrates how the Analysis of Controlled Deformation in Rocks and Soils (ADECO-RS) is used in the design and the construction of tunnels. This is a very new and effective way of tunnel construction.

This work, written by a leading Italian expert with much practical experience, illustrates how the Analysis of Controlled Deformation in Rocks and Soils (ADECO-RS) is used in the design and the construction of tunnels. This is a very new and effective way of tunnel construction. The ADECO-RS approach makes a clear distinction between the design and the construction stages and allows reliable forecasts of construction times and costs to be made. It uses the advance core (the core of ground ahead of the face) as a structural tool for the long and short term stabilisation of tunnels, after its rigidity has first been regulated using conservation techniques. Tunnels can consequently be driven in difficult stress-strain conditions to predetermined safety standards with operations industrialised and scheduled precisely.

Shows a very new and effective way of tunnel construction Written by a leading Italian expert with much practical experience Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext

Pietro Lunardi ist als diplomierter Bauingenieur einer der größten Experten für die Projektierung und Realisierung von Untertagebauwerken und Erfinder einiger hoch innovativer Lösungen; so hat er z.B. die zellulären Bögen für den Bau des Porta Venezia-Bahnhofs der Mailänder Eisenbahn entwickelt. Er hatte Lehraufträge an der Universität Florenz und der Universität Parma und war von 2001-2006 italienischer Minister für Infrastruktur und Verkehr.

Inhalt
From the research to ADECO-RS.- The dynamics of tunnel advance.- The deformation response of the medium to excavation.- Analysis of the deformation response according to the ADECO-RS approach.- Control of the deformation response according to the ADECO-RS approach.- The analysis of controlled deformation in rocks and soils.- The design stage.- The survey phase.- The diagnosis phase.- The therapy phase.- The construction stage.- The operational phase.- The monitoring phase.- Final considerations.