Experience of TBM tunnelling in Himalaya - Prospects and challenges

ISRM International Symposium - 8th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium, ARMS 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1293-1302

  Patni, B D ^a   Walvekar, A S ^a   Chakraborty, Arindom ^a  

^a NHPC   (India)

Author keywords

Challenges and prospects; Geological uncertainties; Himalayan geology; TBM; Tunnelling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; EXCAVATION; GEOLOGY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS; CONVENTIONAL DRILLING; DOUBLE SHIELD TBM; FUTURE CHALLENGES; GEOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY; GROUND CONDITIONS; HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT;

TUNNELS;

EID: 84962376493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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