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The state of the art in monitoring and geotechnical safety management for shallow and deep tunnels
Author(s) -
Schubert Wulf,
Moritz Bernd
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
geomechanics and tunnelling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1865-7389
pISSN - 1865-7362
DOI - 10.1002/geot.201500019
Subject(s) - excavation , geotechnical engineering , plan (archaeology) , engineering , residual , civil engineering , computer science , geology , paleontology , algorithm
Due to uncertainties in the ground model and the spread of geotechnical properties, prediction of the exact system behaviour of underground structures is difficult in many cases. In order to manage this problem, the so‐called observational approach is often applied. Monitoring plays an important role to verify or falsify design assumptions, to adjust excavation and support measures to the actual conditions and to assess the stability of the system. For the management of the residual risk a geotechnical safety management plan is implemented. The OeGG has recently published a handbook summarizing the state of the art in tunnel monitoring and geotechnical safety management.