Tunnelling and swelling in triassic sulphate-bearing rocks: part II: case studies from Jura Mountains

Part II of this series of paper deals with the phenomenology of swelling in tunnels from Jura Mountains (Switzerland) excavated through the Gipskeuper and the Anhydritgruppe. The main features of expansions observed in the presented case studies are summarized and the performance of resisting and yi...

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Autores: Berdugo de Moya, Iván Rafael, Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo|||0000-0003-2472-3951, Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar|||0000-0002-4105-8941, Gens Solé, Antonio|||0000-0001-7588-7054
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/9595
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/9595
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Tunnels--Switzerland
ura Mountains (France and Switzerland)
degradation
drainage
ventilation
sulphate-bearing rocks
Gipskeuper
Anhydritgruppe
swelling
tunnel
Jura Mountain
Túnels -- Geotècnia
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geotècnia::Túnels i excavacions
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Sumario:Part II of this series of paper deals with the phenomenology of swelling in tunnels from Jura Mountains (Switzerland) excavated through the Gipskeuper and the Anhydritgruppe. The main features of expansions observed in the presented case studies are summarized and the performance of resisting and yielding support systems is compared. Evidences presented in this series of papers indicate that the transformation of anhydrite into gypsum is not a reasonable explanation for long-term expansive phenomena occurring in sulphate-bearing rocks. It is suggested that these phenomena are strongly related to rock degradation due to both tunneling induced drainage towards the bottom of excavations and tunneling induced ventilation.