Sunday, 17 September 2017

History , Design , Construction and Safety of Tunnelling
Power point projection
By
Avdhesh Kumar Mathur
At
Senior Center Cupertino
On
Monday , the 11th September 2017
Blog --- Hinduism Omkar Avdhesh Mathur
video
Showing Tunnel on Beaverton to  Portland Road
Highway Tunnel on Beaverton to Portland road
Introduction
By Gods grace and thanks to M.L.Swami, Today I am  giving a presentation on Tunnels specially with respect to Development of Tunnels in India.
 A tunnel is defined as a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars )
A national project to link Jammu with Kashmir Valley by 340 km broad gauge railway line has been  recently completed involving construction of about 63 tunnels in Jammu-Udhampur sector.
Metros are also planned for other cities namely Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahemdabad, Mumbai, Chennai etc. which include many tunnels.
Details of Metro tunnels are not dealt in this presentations.
tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through the surrounding soil / earth / rock.
A tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road traffic, for rail traffic, or for a canal..
Some tunnels are aqueducts to supply water for consumption or for hydroelectric stations or are sewers..
Secret tunnels are built for military purposes, or by civilians for smuggling of weaponscontraband, or people.
Special tunnels, such as wildlife crossings, are built to allow wild life to cross human-made barriers safely.
History of Tunnels in world
Before there were trains and cars, there were transportation tunnels such as canal,.
America's first tunnels was the Paw Paw Tunnel, built in West Virginia between 1836 and 1850
In the UK, the 1934 Queensway Tunnel under the River Mersey between Liverpool and Birkenhead tunnel for road was constructed
 Boring method was  used in Victorian civil engineering, the method found favour in the renewal of Britain's ancient sewerage systems 
During the First World War, the system was used by Royal Engineer tunnelling companies to put mines beneath the German Empire lines.








History Joralemon Street Tunnel in 1913, part of the New York City Subway system---
List of Famous Modern Tunnels
1.Woodhead , 3.5 mile tunnel that was dug for the purposes of Manchester-Sheffield Railroad in 1845.
2. Hoosac Tunnel , first large tunnel in United States. It was builtt over the period of 20 years (finished in 1876) and was 4.5 miles long.
3. Mont Cenis Tunnel , fist great tunnel networks in the Alps Mountains. They were 8.5 mile long.
4. London underground metro network was made in 1860s. Initially they dug deep trenches, installed support and then covered them up with dirt.

 HISTORY OF TUNNELS IN INDIA
 Tunnel construction in India dates back to Mahabharata period when Pandavas excavated an escape tunnel.
Many kings constructed escape tunnels from their forts to safer places to be used during emergencies.
When it comes to Mughal cities, there was an underground tunnel between Delhi and Agra and Delhi and Lahore
In the case of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, the tunnel connecting the
Charminar and Golconda fort is believed to have hidden treasures--kept there by Nizams, with emergency exits-- at several places.
Modern tunnel construction in India has its origin mainly in the nineteenth century
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Types of Tunnels in India
. Hydro Tunnels
Railway Tunnels
 Railway Tunnels in Hilly Terrain
 Delhi Metro .
 Kolkata Metro  . 
Konkan Railway .
 Road and Highway Tunnels . 
Water Supply and Irrigation Tunnels  
Ancient Caves and Caverns. 
Steps in Planning of Tunnels
1.Site Selection
2. Obligatory Points
3. .Preliminary Survey
4. Fixing Location of Tunnels
5.Geological and
Geotechnical considerations
6. Environmental Considerations
7. Drainage Design
8. Fire Safety
9. Ventilation Design
10. Lighting Design
11. Electrical Supply Design
12. Design for Monitoring and Control
13. Services Buildings and Plant Rooms
14. Construction Issues
15. Tunnel Commissioning
Project planning and cost estimates
 When a tunnel is being planned or constructed, economics and politics play a large factor in the decision making process.
Civil engineers usually use project management techniques for developing a major structure.
The project duration must be identified using a work breakdown structure (WBS) and critical path method (CPM).
The costs and benefits for an infrastructure such as a tunnel must be identified. Political disputes can occur
Current and planned tunneling activity in India
The country has major needs for tunnelled infrastructure to improve and expand
1. urban water supply and sewerage,
2.  Hydropower potential in the Himalayas,
  3.Improve road and railway connections and
4.  Building and expanding mass rapid transit systems.
. The country has a well-established and experienced base of national tunneling  contractors and state rail, hydro and water supply authorities have experience in managing and procuring major tunneling  projects.
Foreign expertise is invited for BOOT concession projects, for specialized tunnel design, construction and project management know-how, and
for procurement of state-of-the- art equipment and materials supply. Opportunities for international consultants, machine manufacturers and suppliers are present and expanding.
 
Aerodynamics and ventilation in rail tunnels May 2015
Design Requirements
1. Introduction
1.1. Structure of the Road Tunnels
1.2. Purpose of the Guide
.1.3. Safety System
1.4. Purpose  & scope of the Guide
2. General Design Requirements
3. Structural Requirements
4. Geometric Design
5. Pavement Design
Design criteria
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For more than 20 years we have fomented new technologies and best practices for the design and construction of road tunnels.
Tunnels represent the most expensive type of transportation structures
National Hughway authorities , the state highway agencies, municipalities as well as the general public has  to have
VISION: Preserve and Enhance  Tunnel Engineering Expertise
MISSION: To develop, promote and advance road tunnel engineering principles, technology, and maintenance practices in the through a national team of road tunnel experts.
GOALS:
Form a national team of road tunnel experts to serve as a reliable and credible information source to internal  and external (all other) customers.
Develop a web page to include such items as:
A database of ongoing tunnel projects  and future tunnels planned
Choice of tunnels vs. bridges
India Will Have Its First Underwater Tunnel Ever In Andhra Pradesh Soon
 
DEC 29, 2015
India's newest state capital Amaravati will get an underwater tunnel in river Krishna, about three-km long, for vehicular traffic if the state government has its way.
The detailed master plan for the upcoming capital envisages a transparent road tunnel from beneath the river connecting the administrative capital with Vijayawada, the commercial hub of Andhra Pradesh.
Design and Construction Techniques of tunnels
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One  method is to cut two parallel excavations in which the side walls are constructed first. Arches connecting them are then built as the material between them is extracted.
A tunnel cut through rock frequently requires no lining. Hard rock is removed by blasting.
In all cases, however, pumping equipment must be installed.
River-crossing tunnels are also constructed by dredging a trench in the riverbed and then lowering prefabricated tunnel sections through the water into the trench.
 The safety concept for the Tunnel
1. Width of Tunnel
2.Ventilation
3.Provision Of loud speakers
4.Fire Safety Measures
Ventilation Guide lines
Ventilation is an important consideration for life safety and for dissipation of heat from various electrical devices.
Heat produced by transformers or lighting ballasts could accumulate and contribute to unfavorable conditions within these locations.
In larger tunnel installations, there exist many heat producing devices and ventilation would need to be considered.
Ventilation will also allow for air exchanges that are necessary to remove moisture and to allow for air exchanges within these areas.
Safety--- Criterias for Ventilation
The points  are awarded  as under are added up to provide the following risk assessment::
–1. Tunnel length (1 to 6 points)
– 2. Traffic frequency in the case of one-way and two-way traffic (1 to 10 points)
–3.  The proportion of lorries (max. 8 points)
– 4.  Transportation of hazardous goods (max. 5 points)
– 5. Greatest longitudinal incline of the tunnel (max. 3 points)
–6.  Additional dangers posed by the tunnel (max. 3 points)
The ratings “very good”, “good”, “adequate”, “critical” and “sub-standard” are generally applied  according to points.
Shafts
1886 illustration showing the ventilation and drainage system of the Mersey railway tunnel
A temporary access shaft is sometimes necessary during the excavation of a tunnel.
Once construction is complete, construction access shafts are often used as ventilation shafts, and may also be used as emergency exits.
Longest Tunnel of USA & India
Longest Tunnel of USA
The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel (WhittierTunnel) is a multi-use highway and railroad tunnel that passes under Maynard Mountain. At 13,300 ft (4,100 m), it is the second-longest highway tunnel and longest combined rail and highway tunnel in North America.
Longest Railway Tunnel of India:
Pir Panjal Tunnel:
 The Pir Panjal Tunnel is a longest railway tunnel 11.00 km long  on Banihal railway
at the Pir Panjal Range of Himalayas, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Safety and security
Lighting within Tunnels
Lighting is extremely important for the safety of the user of the trail/sidewalk system
Lighting also allows for people to see in the tunnels. Walkers,  and bicyclists need lighting in these locations to avoid possible injuries due to collisions.
It goes without saying that these requirements are also necessary for tunnels that allow for vehicular movements as well
Instalation  of electrical fixtures
Tunnels on Road
Tunnel on Mumbai  Poona Express Highway
The Dhauliganga Valley
     in the Himalayas
Jawahar Tunnel: India
  Jawahar Tunnel is a 2.5 Km long road tunnel under the Banihal pass, situated between Banihal and Qazigund in Jammu and Kashmir. lighting system.
Decorated entrance to a road tunnel in GuanajuatoMexico
. These are twin Tunnels 2400 feet long, costing $439 millions and are fitted with sensors and cameras.
The Kamshet West-Tunnel or Kamshet I tunnel is 1.843 km long road network tunnel situated near Kamshet in Pune Maharashtra.
Tunnels for Hydropower projects
Lower Sileru Hydro Electric Power Project

It  includes about two miles of Tunnel constructed under supervision of Sri M.L.Swami Our Secretary Foswel











Shark tunnel at the Georgia Aquarium
Undersea tunnel
There are also several approaches to underwater tunnels, the two most common being bored tunnels or 
immersed tubes, examples are Bjørvika Tunnel and Marmaray.
The Transbay Tube 
The Transbay Tube is an underwater rail tunnel which carries Bay Area Rapid Transit's four transbay lines under San Francisco Baybetween the cities of San Francisco and Oakland in California
. The tube is 3.6 miles (5.8 km) long; including the approaches from the nearest stations (one of which is underground), it totals 6 miles (10 km) in length. It has a maximum depth of 135 feet (41 m) below sea level.
The tube was constructed on land, transported to the site, then submerged and fastened to the bottom (mostly by packing the sides with sand and gravel).This immersed tube technique is in contrast to bored tunneling, where rock is removed to leave a passage.
The Tube was the final segment to open in the original BART plan.All BART lines except the Richmond–Warm Springs line operate through the Transbay Tube, making it one of the busiest sections of the system in terms of passenger and train traffic
The Bay Area UnderwaterRapid Transit Tube
The Bay area under water Tunnel
FAMOUS TUNNLS of World
Tunnels in India  1st &2nd
1st
11,215 metres (36,795 ft)
Banihal
Hillar Shahabad
2013
2nd
Karbu de (T-35)
6,506 metres (21,345 ft)
Ukshi
Bhoke
1997
3rd and 4th
3rd
Nathuwadi (T-6)
4,389 metres (14,400 ft)
4th
Tike (T-39)
4,077 metres (13,376 ft)
Nivasar
1997
Tunnels on Railways

Konkan Railway, with 2,000 bridges and 91 tunnels, is an engineering marvel
. Konkan Railway is one of the most beautiful train route in India, runs from Mangalore in Karnataka to Mumbai in Maharashtra through Goa,along the west coast of India and Western Ghats. Mumbai/ Mangalore :
 It is known as an engineering marvel across the world. Built across some of the toughest terrains, Konkan Railways has over 2,000 bridges and 91 tunnels.
 
Picture of Entrance to Tunnel In Kokkan Railways
Tike Tunnel: 
The 4.0 km long Tike Tunnel is located at the western ghat region of Maharashtra,between Ratnagiri and Nivasar.
Natuwadi Tunnel:  The 4.3 km long tunnel was constructed on 1997 and comes under the Zonal railway of Konkan

 
Karbude Railway Tunnel
 The Karbude Tunnel remained India's longest rail tunnel till the Indian government gave green light to the Railways plan to construct Pir Panjal tunnel.

This 6.5 km long tunnel is located on the
Konkan Railway route near Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. Situated between Ukshi and Bhoke station, Karbude tunnel is Konkan railway line's longest tunne
 
Tunnel Entrance in KonKan Railways
Photo of Tunnel Entrance Konkan Railways
The tunnel is 4000 meters long constructed for single line board gauge railway, at Berdewadi in Ratanagiri (South) section. The cross sectional area is 34 sq.m. in linear reach.
Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel 1
Pir panjal railway tunnel
Overview Line Jammu Tawi-Udhampur- Srinagar-
Baramulla Railway Link Location Jammu  and
Shahabad Operation Opened June 2013 Owner Indian
RailwaysOperatorIndian
Railways Traffic TrainTechnical Line length11.21 km
(6.97 mi)No. of trackssingle track Track
gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) (Broad gauge) Operating
speedup to 75 km/h (47 mph)
Construction of Tunnels
How to Build a Tunnel . 1.
Factors to Consider in Building a Tunnel
Consider where the tunnel will be built. 
Soft-ground tunnels. These tunnels require support at the openings to keep the tunnel from collapsing. These tunnels are usually shallow and used for subways, water delivery, and wastewater removal systems.
Rock tunnels. Because they are excavated from solid rock, these tunnels require little added support or none at all. Train and car tunnels are usually of this variety.
Underwater tunnels. As the name indicates, these tunnels go under rivers, lakes, canals, and in the case of the “Channel,” straits such as the English Channel
Building a tunnel under a city offers problems similar to an underwater tunnel, in that the ground around the tunnel tends to sag under the weight of the buildings above it
Consider the tunnel’s path. 3
Consider the tunnel’s purpose.
Part2
Using the Cut-and-Cover Method
1
Dig a trench
Create the tunnel walls and roof. The tunnel walls and roof can be built as the tunnel is being dug or may be pre-constructed and put into place as the tunnel is being dug. Materials today include the following:Corrugated steel arches.
Precast concrete arches.
Precast concrete walls.
Poured or sprayed concrete.
Types of Tunnels & Construction Methods
Mountain Tunnel -- Drilling and blasting (D&B) method
Tunnel boring method TBMs are used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section through a variety of subterranean matter; hard rock, sand or almost anything in between.
Shallow-buried Tunnel or Soft Soil Tunnel
Cut-and-cover method
Shield method The Shield method uses one or two shields (large metal cylinder) to cut out a tunnel through the soft ground.
. Immersed tube tunnel, sunk into a body of water and laid on or buried just under its bed.
HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL Drilling   1
1. . BY  METHOD OF DIRECTIONAL DRILLING, GRADES, SEDIMENT, STREAMS, FREEWAYS AND NICELY LANDSCAPED YARDS STAY OUT OF THE FRAY.  
2. Horizontal directional drilling (HDD), also known as underground boring, installs and replaces underground utilities by steering a rod in the ground, around obstructions then pulling the utilities through the bore hole to the connection point.
















Other construction metyhods1.
Drilling and blasting
Hydraulic splitter
Slurry-shield machine
2. Wall-cover construction method.

3. Double-deck and multipurpose tunnels
The upper level traffic lanes the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge through Yerba Buena Island, part of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
Some tunnels are double-deck, for example the two major segments of 36) are linked by a 540-foot (160 m) double-deck tunnel section through 
Yerba Buena Island, the largest-diameter bored tunnel in the world.
now converted to one-way road
    
INDIA GETS ITS LONGEST TUNNEL (11.55 KM)
Work has been recently  commenced on Indian Railway’s longest tunnel – the Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new broad gauge railway line in Manipur.
The 111-km-long new broad gauge railway line from Jiribam to Imphal comprises 37 tunnels, of which Tunnel No. 12 will be the longest in the Indian Railway at 11.55 km.
The Allain barrage, at an elevation of 2,750 m, diverts a nominal discharge of 19 m3/s through a desilting basin before entering a headrace tunnel.
An intermediate storage basin, used during low flow periods, regulates the headwater level before transiting flow through a 2.94 km-long headrace tunnel.
The intermediate basin has live storage capacity of 220,000 m3 and provides peaking generation for a minimum of four hours per day during lean flow months.
India’s longest tunnel is the 11.2 kilometre link from Banihal to Quazikund linking the Jammu region to the Kashmir valley.(Waseem Andrabi/HT Photo)
Work on the 125-km
Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail link, which will have India’s longest tunnel of 15.1 km, is set to begin in four-five months.
The cost of the railway project will be Rs 16,200
crore, up from around Rs 4,000 crore estimated when it was mooted six years agoofficials said.
PirPanjal Tunnel of Himalyas
Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel - Jammu and Kashmir
Construction in stages  shown by Videos

Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel - Jammu and Kashmir
Construction in stages  shown by Videos
Video
Drilling ,Charging and Blasting
Drilling
Drilling ,ChargingBlasting and Loading
Drill & Blastand Loading
The Prime Minister, the Governor and the Chief Minister then posed for a photograph with the engineers who were involved in construction of the tunnel.
Berdewadi Tunnel
4.0 Km long Berdewadi railway Tunnel is located between Adavali to Vilawade train route in the  Maharashtra state of India. Berdewadi Tunnel is also the part of Konkan Railway train route
Labour and Engineers working in Tunnelling

CUt-and-cover
 Cut-and-cover construction of the 
Paris Métro in France
Enlargement
A utility tunnel in Prague
Approaching ends of tunnels are chain locked to prevent land sliding and shooting stones
Using a Tunnel Boring Machine
Using a Tunnel Boring Machine
    Choose the right tunneling machine for the job. Tunnel boring machines, called TBMs for short or “moles,” feature circular plates on the front called shields.
Disc-shaped cutters on the shield tear through rock and dirt, which passes through openings in the shield onto a conveyor belt inside the TBM that deposit it behind the machine.The types of TBM shields vary according to whether the mole is to dig into soft, wet ground or hard rock.
Shield diameters range from Aker Wirth’s 26.3-foot (8.03 m) shield on its TBM used for Switzerland’s Linth-Limmern power stations to Hitachi Zosen’s “Big Bertha,” with its diameter of 57.5 feet (17.5 m).[7]
Drilling Of Tunnels
Drilling in Progress
Boring Machine
Tunnel boring machines (TBMs) and associated back-up systems are used to highly automate the entire tunnelling process, reducing tunnelling costs.




Boring machines


Video
Boring Machine
Cut waste turn profile
Drilling Operations
Excavator Mounted Drilling Rigs


The WeehawkenNew Jersey helix and entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel leading to New York City in 1955, with the south tube under construction
Tunnelling in Construction
Drilling in Progress
Big Machines

Tunnel on the 
Taipei Metro in Taiwan





Tunneling work for the
Allain Duhangan project was completed successfully after encountering several challenges, including unexpected rock conditions during excavation of the Allain headrace tunnel.
Conclusion
A decision must be made as to what type of tunnel one is dealing with before you can begin the work
Safety factors including lightening and ventilation of tunnels are important factors.
Method of constuction and machineries required have to be decided and procured.
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Good communication between the installer and the executing authority  will help with an understanding of the requirements of the National Code and of other documents.
Tunnels can provide years of enjoyment and safety for individuals  and  community.
Together we can make sure tunnels will be functioning correctly for years to come
Longest tunnel  under construction  in the world is about 15 KM  long is on Rishikesh to Karanprayag Railway line under construction  in India
. They help shortening of time to travel saving effort in travelling as well as fuel.
The  End
I am thankful to Sri M.L.Swami  for chairing the session so gracefully and Khatrijifor wonderful mike arrangements and you audience for patiently listening to my talk and all other staff of ICC  Cupertino in making the presentation a success.
Over to the chair person for question answer session/
The end/Time permitting I shall present  Video of P.M. Modi’s  Speech inaugurating J& K Railway Tunnel
Speech Of P.M. Modi at Udhampur
Modi Inaugurates Longest Tunnel in J&K
Failure of Tunnels
session on Risk management, in the World Tunnel Congress 2016 in San Francisco.
some incidents in operating tunnels, which result from faults in design, specification, and construction, incubating since the beginning of the tunnels operation, and occurring unexpectedly at some point throughout the life time of the structure
  For instance the collapses in the Boston I-90 or the Tokyo Sasago tunnel
. These are likely to have been avoided, were the tunnels’ inspection and maintenance plans are more educated and vigorous.
The experiences (and the mistakes) of others are significant lessons for ourselves – and vice versa
. Statistics of failures are very useful to understand where our industry suffers. And then it is a duty of our industry to honestly and openly share information from failures, in order to increase awareness and knowledge with our fellow professionals and to minimise risk for our society.
Fully Reopens
February 13, 2013GeneralGeotechnical informationtunnel collapsetunnel failureElina Apostolou
An expressway 
tunnel in central Japan whose ceiling collapsed in December, killing nine, became fully operational Friday after a 68-day hiatus, its operator Central Nippon Expressway Co. said.
The nearly 5-kilometer-long Sasago Tunnel in Yamanashi Prefecture became fully usable again ahead of the previously targeted reopening date later this month as restoration work was hastened ahead of the upcoming long weekend when traffic is expected to increase.
Tunnel collapse can happen for a number of reasons such as: inadequate ground investigation, shallow ground conditions, inadequate support measures, cost optimization, inexperienced contractors, inadequate supervision, delays of excavation and support erection.
Traffic through a  collapsed tunnel which reopens
Metro Underground trains and Stations
New Delhi   Metro Map
Under ground Metro Station
The Picc Vic Project
Delhi Metro Station
KonKan Railways  ---Mudgao Rly . Station
Tunnel Test
Tunnels throughout Europe are tested each year within the scope of the ADAC Tunnel Test
Assessment Criteria
The check list is is split up into 6  categories possessing varying degrees of significance:
1. Tunnel system (14 %)
2. Lighting and energy supply (7 %)
3. Traffic and traffic monitoring (17 %)
4. Communication such as radio, loudspeakers and emergency call facilities
5. Escape and rescue paths (14 %)
6. Fire protection (18 %)

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