Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (한국터널지하공간학회 논문집)
- Volume 6 Issue 2
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- Pages.85-100
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- 2004
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- 2233-8292(pISSN)
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- 2287-4747(eISSN)
TBM tunnelling on Rock
- Pelizza, Sebastiano (Tunneling and Underground Space Center, Politecnico di Torino) ;
- Kim, Sang-Hwan (Department of Civil Engineering, Hoseo University)
- Published : 2004.06.01
Abstract
In this paper the historical and technological developments of rock TBM and the technical classification of the machines proposed by ITA (International Tunnelling Association) are initially presented. Then the general criteria for the TBMs selection are discussed and at the end the limiting geological conditions for the application of TBMs are analysed.