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Underground constructions

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 224-0286/02
Abbreviation PS
Course title Underground constructions
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering
Course coordinator doc. RNDr. Eva Hrubešová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction, division - typology of underground structures
2. Engineering-geological survey for underground structures
3. Design of underground structures, conventional method of excavation of underground works
4. Blasting works in the underground
5. Reinforcement structures for underground works
6. Excavation cycle and mechanized excavation
7. Tunneling methods and galleries
8. New Austrian tunneling method
9. Tunnel insulation against water, tunnel ventilation
10. Excavated underground structures
11. Impact of tunneling on the surface
12. Geotechnical monitoring for underground works
13. Mine opening and preparatory works

E-learning

www.geotechnici.cz
LMS Moodle VŠB-TUO: 224-0269/02 Podzemní stavby

Literature

Kolymbas, D., Tunnelling and Tunnel Mechanics: A Rational Approach to Tunnelling. Berlin: Springer, c2005, xv, 437 s. ISBN 35-402-5196-0.

Advised literature

Szechy J.: The Art of Tunelling. Akademia Kiado Budapest
Müller G.: Der Felsbau. Springer Verlag