TUNNEL EXCAVATION IN CLAYEY-MARLY FORMATIONS: THE CASE OF KALLIDROMO TUNNEL


Nikolaos Diasakos
Panagiotis Amerikanos
Georgios Tryfonas
Eleni Vagiotou
Vassilios Baltzois
Stavros Bloukas
Theodoros Tagkas
Eleftherios Malandrakis
Résumé
This paper presents the excavation of Kallidromo railway tunnel in clay and clay-marl formations. During the past years various approaches were considered both at the design and construction level, for the completion of this difficult part of the tunnel. Finally a method has been selected and successfully applied which combines the principles of yielding and double support.
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Biographie de l'auteur
Eleftherios Malandrakis
TERNA S.A.
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