MIN ENG 5922 Tunneling and Underground Construction Techniques

This online course addresses 28 topics within tunneling and

underground excavation. Detailed instruction includes shaft sinking
methods, drill and blast concepts, material movement, and ground
control. Students will gain extensive knowledge of the equipment used
to accomplish underground excavation.

Instructor: Jamal Rostami (Penn State)

Catalog Description: (LEC 2.0 and LAB 1.0) Advanced topics in mechanical and
conventional excavation techniques in underground tunneling and construction. Topics
include tunneling layouts design, equipment and performance modeling, ground control
systems including support, drainage, and structural integrity. Construction specifications,
advance rate and contractual and cost estimation. Students will complete a research paper
or project report. Prerequisites: Min Eng 4922 or Consent of Instructor..

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 MIN_ENG 4922 Syllabus
Tunneling and Underground Construction Techniques
Spring 2013

Instructor:
Jamal Rostami, PhD, P.E
Associate Prof., Centennial Carrier Development in Mining Chair
Dept. of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Pennsylvania State Univ
State College, PA 16801
Phone: 814-863-7606 Fax: 814-865-3248,
email: jrostami@gmail.com & rostami@psu.edu

I. COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed after the content offered by Prof. Richard Bullock, Prof.
Emeritus of the Dept. of Mining Eng. at Missouri Univ. Science and Technology
as part of the online MSc program offered by the department. The course will
include an overview of the application for tunneling and underground space as
well as construction methods. This will include a brief discussion of geotechnical
site investigation for tunneling applications as well as alignment selection for
tunnels. Student will be exposed to both conventional tunneling techniques and
mechanical excavation, equipment selection and prediction of performance and
advance rate for tunneling operations. Major rock mass classifications and
ground control systems commonly used in tunnel design will be covered and their
implications on selection tunneling excavation methods will be discussed. The
recent development tunnel technology and their application in construction of
different types of tunnels in various geologic settings will be reviewed. The
topics will cover various sizes of underground opening from small diameters built
by microtunneling machines to common tunnels used in civil and mining
applications to large caverns, often found in different end uses such as storage or
hydropower construction. Depending on the interest of the students, issues such
as contact documents, specification, planning, risk registry and management, and
cost estimating techniques will also be discussed.

II. PREREQUISITES OR CO-REQUISITES:

Prerequisites or Co-requisites include: Min 324; or CE 215, & CE 216 or GE 371

or by specific approval by instructor

III. COURSE MATERIAL

Class Notes and Handouts.

Tunnel Engineering Handbook, Bickel, J.O., T.R. Kuesel, and E.H. King,
Chapman & Hall/ITP Publishing Company, Second Edition, 1996, 544 pp.

IV. OTHER REFERENCES

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 Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference (RETC), 1972-2011 and North
American Tunneling (NAT) 1992-2012 proceedings , SME Publication, Littleton,
CO, 2003.

Encylopaedia of Tunnelling, Mining and Drilling Equipment, B. Stack, Munden

Publishing Company, Hobart, Australia, 1995.

Planning and Estimating Underground Construction, A. D. Parker, McGraw-Hill,

1970

Proceedings of World Tunneling Conference (WTC) and publication by

International Tunneling Association (ITA) and realted work groups.
http://www.ita-aites.org/

Publications by British Tunneling Society (BTS)

http://www.britishtunnelling.org.uk/ , and French/Spanish French Tunnelling and
Underground Space Association (AFTES)
http://www.aftes.asso.fr/lyon2011/index.html?l=gb , Norwegian Tunneling
Society http://www.tunnel.no/.

Course material for MNG-497 Tunnel and Shaft construction, Dept. of Energy
and Mineral Engineering, Penn State University.

Handouts for Shaft Design and construction short course, Sept. 2009, SME

V. GRADES

Grades (A=90-100, B=80-89.9, C=70-79.9, D=60-69.9 & F<60) will be based on:

Item Approximate Percent of

Grade
Nine Exams / Quizzes 100%
[The first eight exams are closed book, closed notes exams. The ninth exam is open
book, open note exam. All first eight exams are timed to give the student plenty of time
to answer the exam questions, but not take time to look up answers. ]

VI. TOPICS COVERED (IN ~30 LECTURES AND PERSENTATION)

INTRODUCTION TO TUNNELS AND UNDERGROUND SPACE AND THE

RELATED USES

REVIEW OF GEOTECHNICAL SITE INVESTIGATION

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 INTRODUCTION AND THE USE OF SOIL AND ROCK MASS
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS

UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION METHODS

CUT AND COVER EXCAVATIONS

SHAFT SINKING METHODS

o Soft ground methods;
o Hardrock methods.

DRILL AND BLAST CONCEPTS USED IN TUNNEL EXCAVATION

o Full face method;
o Multiple face methods for large excavations.

SEQUENTIAL EXCAVATION METHOD / NEW AUSTRIAN TUNNELING

METHOD (NATM)

INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF MECHANICAL EXCAVATION

o Review of types of mechanical excavation tools;
o Review of Specific Energy concepts;
o Review of mechanical excavation machines;
Tunnel boring machines
Conventional Hard Rock machines
o Cutter head shape;
o Cutter replacement;
o Cutter head drives;
o Shielded, unshielded and finger shields;
o Gripper systems;
o Auxiliary equipment and trailing gear;
Soft Ground Slurry machines principles;
Soft Ground Earth Pressure Balanced machines principles;
Tunneling in Difficult Ground
Micro Tunneling and Pipe Jacking;
Raise boring machines (both box hole and reaming machines);
Roadheaders (both axial and traverse machines);
Various continuous type mining machines;
Other machines, such as impactors, water jet assistance, rock saws
and emerging technology such as plasma jet drilling and mini disk
cutting will be discussed.
o Mechanical excavation machine selection and production predictions.

MATERIAL HANDLING IN TUNNELS

o Rail haulage;
o Conveyor haulage;
o Trackless haulage.

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 GROUND CONTROL METHODS USED IN TUNNELING AND LARGE
CHAMBER EXCAVATION
o Steel sets;
o Bolting systems;
o Truss systems;
o Shotcrete;
o Concrete segments;
o Parallel Pipe Jacking and other methods of cover;
o Consolidation and Jet grouting;
o Various Methods of AUmbrella Covers@ for difficult ground.

TUNNELING CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES

o Tunnel Cost estimation
o Contract documents and construction management
o Risk Management
o Technical Arbitration and Disputes Review Board (DRB)

VII. IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR COURSE SYLLABI, 2015 ACADEMIC YEAR

Information about the academic services provided by MST and communication

with the course teacher are as follows:

Contacting the Instructor: Please use the Blackboard system of MST as a

communication platform and email to rostamij@mst.edu for questions or
other communications. For more urgent communication or if there was a
lack of response, please drop me a note to jrostami@gmail.com or
rostami@psu.edu.

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