Convergence-Confinement Method for Tunnel Design

Marc Panet, Jean Sulem (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

X, 151 Seiten

2023 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-93195-7 (ISBN)

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This book presents the theoretical bases and the application tools for using the 'convergence-confinement' method which is a rational method largely used in design engineering for tunneling. Until recently, the stability conditions of underground works and the choice of support methods were essentially defined on the basis of good practice or empirical methods. The progress made, on one hand on the knowledge of the constitutive laws of soils and rocks and, on the other hand on the numerical modeling of the interaction between the ground and the structures have led to the development of robust design tools for tunnels supports. The convergence-confinement method makes it possible to simulate the excavation of a tunnel and the installation of the support using a simple plane strain model. The book presents the theoretical bases of the method and its most recent developments. Closed-form solutions for stress and displacement fields around tunnels are provided for elastic, viscoelastic andelasto-plastic behavior of the ground. More generally, the principles for applying the method in numerical models are presented.

Jean Sulem is professor of Rock Mechanics at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, France. He is past-president of the French Society of Rock Mechanics, and served as core member of the Technical Committee on large deformations of the International Society of Soil Mechanics (2006-2010). He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Springer journal Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering.

Introduction.- Methods of support.- The convergence-confinement method for a tunnel driven in an elastic medium.- The convergence-confinement method for a tunnel driven in an elasto-plastic medium.- The convergence-confinement method for a tunnel driven in an elastic medium.- The convergence-confinement method and the time-dependent behavior of the rock mass.- Use of numerical models.

"Panet and Sulem put the convergence-confinement method in the centre of their book and expand this technique to cover different scenarios, e.g. anisotropic stress, plasticity, viscosity etc. ... This book provides a practicable approach to many intricate problems from tunnelling practice. ... This book by Panet and Sulem is an excellent reference for graduate students and tunnel practitioners alike. The book is well illustrated and easy to read. I enjoyed reading it while writing this review." (Wei Wu, Acta Geotechnica, July 18, 2022)
"The book, which can undoubtedly be rated as a 'state of the art' report, characterized as it is by mechanical soundness and mathematical rigorousness, is not only an excellent reference text for postgraduate tunnelling courses but is also an extremely useful manual for tunnel engineers in practice. ... In my own opinion, the volume is well worth the priceand merits its place in the bookshelves of anyone working in the tunnelling engineering field." (Leandro R. Alejano, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, July 14, 2022)

Erscheinungsdatum	27.01.2023
Reihe/Serie	Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering
Zusatzinfo	X, 151 p. 82 illus., 21 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Original-Titel	Le calcul des tunnels par la méthode convergence-confinement
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	259 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
Themenwelt	Technik ► Bauwesen
Schlagworte	Rock Mechanics • Tunelling • Tunnel Mechanics • Underground excavation • underground openings • Underground Works
ISBN-10	3-030-93195-1 / 3030931951
ISBN-13	978-3-030-93195-7 / 9783030931957
Zustand	Neuware