Mining & Tunnelling Projects
150 tunnels
Mines
Tunnels
South America
2005
Australia
2000
JAPAN
1997
Europe
2001
Other
North America
2002
Halsnøy Sub sea road
Tunnel Norway
Contractor: Veidekke Special Projects AS
Project: 6.3 km new state road from
Sunde to Tofte at Halsnøy in Kvinnherad
municipality
4.1 km subsea tunnel.
Tunnel width is 8.5 m with a depth of
135m below sea level.
Atlantic Sub sea road
Tunnel Norway
Contractor: Mesta
Project: Atlantic Ocean tunnel
5,735 m subsea tunnel in Kristiansund on
national road Rv 64,
Price: approx. 40 million Euro.
At its deepest point, the tunnel will be
excavated to -251 metres.
Construction will begin in October 2006 and
completion will be December 2008.
Seven twin bored tunnels
Kvernasen - 150 m;
Skifjell - 1,060 m;
Songefjellheia - 350 m;
Bjellandsvad-Steindal - 1,560 m,
Steindal-Urdal - 2,190 m;
Loehia - 130 m
Studeheia - 300 m
Totalling approx.
2 x 5,740 metres.
E18 Road Tunnels
Norway
Ichinose Road Tunnel - Japan
Product: Barchip Kyodo 48mm
Dose: 4kg/m3
Purpose:Secondary Lining refurb
Three large caverns –
85, 125 and 195 metres in length
Total – approx. 7400m2 roof reinforced
with Barchip Shogun 48mm – 10kgs/m3
Flexural strength 4.0MPa
Residual strength 2.5MPa – 3mm
ASTM C1018-97
Stockholm Underground Carpark
EPB Segmental Lining
Tunnel Lining
• 14metre diameter
• 7 segments = 1 ring
• 300mm thickness
• 25m3 per ring
• Required for Crack
control & Impact
resistance
Measurement of a fibres performance can be
calculated from a suitable ‘toughness’ test
Beams
EFNARC Panel
Round Determinate Panel
Performance measurement
150 150 150
Span Length 450
YokeLVDT
P/2 P/2
Rocker Support
75
• Single crack at
centre
• 29% variation
in results (more
specimens)
Beam Test
USA – C1018 -89
JPN – JSCE – SF4
Belgium / Spain – NBN B 15-238,239
Swedish beam test –
Load point
Rigid supporting
100x100 mm
500x500 mm
simple supports
100x600x600 mm
square panel
fixture
EFNARC Panel Test
3D test
Plate test gaining international
acceptance
9% variation in results
Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm
Pivoted support
points with steel
bearing plates
75x800 mm diameter
round panel
100 mm diameter
hemispherical load point
Support points
on 750 mm
diameter
Developed by Dr Stefan
Bernard at the University
of Western Sydney
ASTM C1550
75mm panel more
relevant to insitu
shotcrete
4% variability for 3
specimens
Round Determinate Panel Test
FAILURE CRITERIA
OF FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE (FRC)
FEM 3D ELEMENT
FEM MATERIAL MODEL
FEM
JKP Static
MONOLITHIC TUNNELS
recommendation from
Technical Manual for Design and Construction of Road Tunnels - Civil Elements
032 – Tunnel in Sochi
JKP Static
INDUSTRIAL FLOORS 010 – Anchor plate – Norwegian, Shell
Load on the plate Stress in the plate
JKP Static
INDUSTRIAL FLOORS
035 – Iron ore stock pile yard – Malaysia, Sri Jaya
If special loads occur – calculation with FEM…
JKP Static
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