The development of urban mobility implies the construction of tunnels, often interacting with
valuable masonry structures. It is thus necessary to develop rational and reliable procedures …

Mechanized tunneling method using Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) is being extensively
employed in urban areas, especially when excavation takes place underneath the …

Tunnelling in urban environments often poses serious concerns regarding potential
detrimental effects induced on the surrounding structures and infrastructures, as in the case …

A major full-scale experiment called the Tunnelling and Limitation of Impacts on Piles
(TULIP) project was conducted in 2020 on Line 16 of the Grand Paris Express project to …

Nowadays, landslides still cause both deaths and heavy economic losses around the world,
despite the development of risk mitigation measures, which are often not effective; this is …

Tunnels offer efficient transportation infrastructure in urban areas such as the Grand Paris
Express in France. In urban areas, a densely built environment is exposed to the surface …

Tunnelling activities in densely urbanised areas are likely to interfere with existing
structures, often requiring the adoption of techniques to mitigate the effects of the induced …

When tunnelling poses excessive risks for buildings and buried foundations, a pile row
barrier may shield the existing structure from ground movements. This paper presents a …

Shield tunneling is becoming the preferred construction scheme for metro construction
because of its advantages of fast construction speed and small disturbance. However …

Available evidence indicates that the focal depth of displacement vectors along the ground
surface decreases with the transverse distance from the tunnel centre-line. Based on field …