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Document:
SP54-42
Date:
January 1, 1977
Author(s):
Rolf Selmer-Olsen
Publication:
Symposium Papers
Volume:
54
Abstract:
The following examples of the use of shotcerete are taken from a number of different tunnels and permanent underground openings in Norway.
DOI:
10.14359/18055
SP54-43
Robert E. Mason
While organizing this conference, the disappointing discovery was made that very few important shotcrete projects had been performed in North America in the last three years. However, as evidenced by the papers given at the conference, considerable work of great interest has been performed in many other parts of the world. In Europe the use of the New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM) seems to be spreading rapidly, even to countries that pride themselves on their individuality.
10.14359/18056
SP54-37
Carlos L. Corrales, Edwin Quesada, and Helmut G. Kobler
Costa Rica is one of the five Central American countries and, because of its temperate climate and mountainous topography, it is often referred to as the Switzerland of the Americas. For the past twenty years, the Government of Costa Rica has been aggresively developing its considerable hydroelectrical resources through an autonomous power authority called "Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad" (ICE). The use of shotcrete as temporary and permanent underground support has greatly contributed towards the successful completion of a number of hydroelectric projects constructed by ICE during the last decade.
10.14359/18050
SP54-38
James P. Crawford
As part of the overall plan for improvements to wastewater facilities in Niagara Falls, NY, a contract was let for rehabilitation of a 7000 foot long, 19'10" wide by 21 foot high tailrace tunnel. This tunnel, known as Adams Tailrace Tunnel, has a portal at Niagara River Gorge and extends inland 7000 feet to a shaft at Buffalo Avenue, site of a new wastewater treatment plant.
10.14359/18051
SP54-39
Alberto Marulanda and Luis F. Eslava
This paper refers to the application of shotcrete in tunnels driven through soft rocks which behave as squeezing ground. More than 15 km of tunnel have been successfully driven through those rocks using shotcrete as the main stabilization measure. The described experiences refer only to a small percentage of the total excavated lengthj, where local problems and cracks were evident in the shotcrete lining. The observational program which included instrumentation and observation of shotcrete behavior, indicated that shotcrete failure in soft rocks could be due to: a. Stress concentrations during the redistribution process around the tunnel that induce high tensile strains and cracking of the shotcrete. b. Inability of the shotcrete lining to resist the squeezing pressure when acting as acontinous lining (compression ring) with a compressive shear mode of failure.
10.14359/18052
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