With recent technological advancements,tunnel boring machines(TBM)have developed and exhibited high performance in large diameters and weak ground conditions.Tunnels are crucial structures that significantly influence...
Partial financial support for Alexander Dummer and Thomas Mader by the Tyrolean Science Fund(TWF),Austria(Project Nos.F.18719 and F.18712)is gratefully acknowledged.
In the present work,important aspects of time-dependent nonlinear 3D finite element(FE)models for deep tunnel advance by the New Austrian Tunneling Method(NATM),characterized by repeated sequences of excavation,securi...
The New Austrian Tunnelling Method(NATM)tunnel design is performed by testing support classes against the geological profile.We propose to replace this manual process with reinforcement learning,a generic framework wi...
Due to the fast growth of urban areas worldwide,the demand for tunnels in developed areas is increasing.The design and construc-tion of those tunnels are complex because of their shallow depths and their interaction w...
General Directorate of Highways(KGM)for their supports。
Since the development of the new Austrian tunnelling method(NATM)in the 1960s,this technique has been applied successfully in many tunnels.However,opinions of NATM principles emerged till 2000,i.e.NATM is not a tunnel...
The New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM) has been widely used in the construction of mountain tun- nels, urban metro lines, underground storage tanks, underground power houses, mining roadways, and so on, The variat...
Mass movements are very common problems in the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey due to its climate conditions, geological, and geomorphological characteristics. High slope angle, weathering, dense rainfalls, and ant...