Title:
Use of Shotcrete for Tunneling in Difficult Grounds
Author(s):
Pericle Quadrio Curzio, Glauco Barazzoni, Fiorenzo Nobili, and Alessio Anselmi
Publication:
Symposium Paper
Volume:
45
Issue:
Appears on pages(s):
79-95
Keywords:
DOI:
10.14359/17937
Date:
1/1/1974
Abstract:
(Italian State Railways) Our first experience with the shotcrete method dates back to 1958. We constructed a pressure water pipe tunnel which was part of the Monastero Hydroelectric Tunnel; the client was the Italian State Railways. The section of the tunnel constructed by us was 7000 m long, plus three access-adits (1000 m long). The main tunnel (7000 m long) had a circular shape, and an internal diameter of 7 m; the cross section was 54 m2. The area where the work was carried out is named "Linea del Tonale" (Tonale line) and it is characterized by very bad geological conditions.