Search Results: 'AlpTransit'

Fire protection by spray
13 April, 2011
The concept of applying fire protection to a tunnel lining is gaining acceptance even though projects in which it has been used are not yet in great numbers. Successful recent use of BASF Meyco’s Fireshield 1350 material on the massive Gotthard base rail tunnel seems destined to increase confidence in the method however.

Gotthard excavation is finished
25 March, 2011

Finishing Gotthard
14 March, 2011
Work is getting into full swing on the 15.4km long Ceneri tunnel that completes the Gotthard high-speed railway axis in Switzerland. Adrian Greeman visited the site

Hard-rock TBM performance prediction
18 January, 2011
The authors, present a paper covering an improved method of predicting penetrating, cutter wear and advance rate by calculation for TBMs in hard rock