Geotechnical Risk in Rock Tunnels: Selected Papers from a Course on Geotechnical Risk in Rock Tunnels, Aveiro, Portugal, 1617 April 2004 (Balkema: Proceedings ... in Engineering, Water and Earth Sciences)

A relevant contribution to the area of geotechnical risk assessment, this book addresses the risks present in subterranean works from different perspectives such as “construction and safety”, “financing and control” and “exploration and maintenance”. The contributors discuss risk assessment and management based on advanced theoretical concepts and on practical experience. They explore lessons learned from failures and accidents, the use of decision aids for tunneling, TBMs on fault zones, vibration design for high speed railway tunnels, hydrogeology in high speed railway tunnels, high profile tunnels currently under development, and more.