Date: 27th – 30th April 2022
Time: 09:00AM – 15:30PM
Venue: Le Méridien, Windsor Place, NEW DELHI – 110037
Course Contents
- Various methods of tunnel excavation in hard and soft grounds and the role of Tunnel Boring Machines
- Understanding the fallacies and misconceptions of inequitable comparison between NATM and TBM
- History of Tunnel Boring Machines
- Assessment of applicability of TBMs and selection of TBM for a project
- Geological investigations and impact of geological/geotechnical factors on TBM operations
- An overview of types of TBMs
- Gripper TBM / Main Beam TBM / Open TBM – Operating principle, components and other details, applicability, casestudies
- Single Shield TBM – Operating principle, components and other details, applicability, case-studies
- Double Shield TBM – Operating principle, components and other details, applicability, case-studies
- Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) TBM – Operating principle, components and other details, applicability, case-studies
- Slurry Shield TBM – Operating principle, components and other details, applicability, case-studies
- Hybrid/Crossover/Multi-mode/Variable Density TBMs
- Tunnel support during excavation by TBM: Support of face, Support of cavity at the shield, Support of Cavity behind the shield
- Tunnel lining – traditional support systems, segmental lining, McNally support system
- TBM cutting tools
- Chemicals and grouts for TBM tunnelling
- Tunnel Soft Eye
- Use of TBMs in difficult ground conditions – fault zones, squeezing, rock bursts, high water pressure
- Constraints of urban tunnelling
- Planning and logistics aspects of mechanized metro tunnelling
- Speeding up a TBM Project
COURSE FEE
- INR 21,000 PER PARTICIPANT (PLUS GST @18%) FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM SAARC COUNTRIES
- USD 575 PER PARTICIPANT (PLUS GST @18%) FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
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