Lunardi P. Design and construction of tunnels

Milano: Rocksoil SPA, 2008. - 587 p.
ISBN: 978-3-540-73874-9 e-ISBN: 978-3-540-73875-6.Pietro Lunardi.
A civil engineer in the field of transport, he is one of the greatest experts in world on the design and construction of underground works, the creator of highly innovative solutions: the cellular arch, developed for the construction of the Porta Venezia station on the Milan Railway Link Line for which he was nominated “Man of the Year in the construction field” by the United States journal “Engineering News-Record”; shells of improved ground.
using jet-grouting techniques; full face mechanical precutting, face reinforcement using fibre glass structural elements; he devised and developed the revolutionary new approach to design and construction, known by the acronym ADECO-RS, described in detail in this book, which for the first time has.
made it possible to construct tunnels even in the most difficult geological-geotechnical and stress strain conditions with reliable forecasting of construction times and costs. A former university lecturer in “Soil and rock improvement” in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Florence and in the “Defence and conservation of the soil” in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Parma, he has filled many institutional roles including that of Minister of Infrastructures and Transport for five years in the second Berlusconi government (2001-2006).
The author of more than 130 publications he has held more than 40 national and international conferences on the subjects of tunnelling and geo-engineering.From the research to ADECO-RS.
1 The dynamics of tunnel advance.
2 The deformation response of the medium to excavation.
3 Analysis of the deformation response according to the ADECO-RS approach.
4 Control of the deformation response according to the ADECO-RS approach.
5 The analysis of controlled deformation in rocks and soils.
The design stage.
6 The survey phase.
7 The diagnosis phase.
8 The therapy phase.
The construction stage.
9 The operational phase.
10 The monitoring phase.Introduction to the appendices.
Appendix A The design and construction of tunnels for the new Rome-Naples high speed/capacity railway line.
Appendix B The design and construction of tunnels for the new Bologna-Florence high speed/capacity railway line.
Appendix C The Tartaiguille tunnel.
Appendix D Cellular arch technology.
Appendix E Artificial Ground Overburdens (A.G.O.).
Appendix F Portals in difficult ground.
Appendix G Widening road, motorway and railway tunnels without interrupting use.