Hydrogeological impact assessment by tunnelling at sites of high sensitivity

A tunnel for the High Speed Train (HST) was constructed in Barcelona with an Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM). The tunnel crosses Barcelona and passes under some famous landmarks such as the Sagrada Familia and the Casa Mill Both monuments are UNESCO world heritage sites and...

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Autores: Pujades Garnes, Estanislao, Vázquez Suñé, Enric|||0000-0001-7022-2192, Culi, Laura, Carrera Ramírez, Jesús|||0000-0002-8054-4352, Ledesma Villalba, Alberto|||0000-0003-3321-3849, Jurado Elices, Anna
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
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:2117/86876
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/86876
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2015.05.018
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Tunneling
Tunnels
Sagrada Familia
Tunnel Boring Machine
Barrier effect
Underground construction
Groundwater
UNESCO
Steady-state conditions
Aquifer parameters
Underground structures
Urban groundwater
Circular tunnel
Spain
Barcelona
Transient
Flow
Evolution
Túnels -- Perforació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geotècnia::Túnels i excavacions
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spelling Hydrogeological impact assessment by tunnelling at sites of high sensitivityPujades Garnes, EstanislaoVázquez Suñé, Enric|||0000-0001-7022-2192Culi, LauraCarrera Ramírez, Jesús|||0000-0002-8054-4352Ledesma Villalba, Alberto|||0000-0003-3321-3849Jurado Elices, AnnaTunnelingTunnelsSagrada FamiliaTunnel Boring MachineBarrier effectUnderground constructionGroundwaterUNESCOSteady-state conditionsAquifer parametersUnderground structuresUrban groundwaterCircular tunnelSpainBarcelonaTransientFlowEvolutionTúnels -- PerforacióÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geotècnia::Túnels i excavacionsA tunnel for the High Speed Train (HST) was constructed in Barcelona with an Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM). The tunnel crosses Barcelona and passes under some famous landmarks such as the Sagrada Familia and the Casa Mill Both monuments are UNESCO world heritage sites and a committee appointed by the UNESCO acted as external observers during the construction. Concerns about soil settlements and the hydrogeological impacts of the construction were raised. These concerns were addressed during the design stage to forestall any unexpected events. The methodology consisted of 1) characterising the geology in detail, 2) predicting the impacts caused in the aquifer, 3) predicting the soil displacements due to water table oscillations produced by the construction, and 4) monitoring the evolution of groundwater and soil settlements. The main estimated impact on groundwater was a moderate barrier effect. The barrier effect, the magnitude of which matched the predictions, was detected during construction. The monitoring of soil settlements revealed short and long term movements. The latter movements matched the analytical predictions of soil displacements caused by the groundwater oscillations. This paper proposes a realistic procedure to estimate impacts on groundwater during tunnel construction with an EPB. Our methodology will considerably improve the construction of tunnels in urban areas. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Peer Reviewed20152015-07-0120162016-05-10journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/86876https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2015.05.018reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/868762026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Hydrogeological impact assessment by tunnelling at sites of high sensitivity
title Hydrogeological impact assessment by tunnelling at sites of high sensitivity
spellingShingle Hydrogeological impact assessment by tunnelling at sites of high sensitivity
Pujades Garnes, Estanislao
Tunneling
Tunnels
Sagrada Familia
Tunnel Boring Machine
Barrier effect
Underground construction
Groundwater
UNESCO
Steady-state conditions
Aquifer parameters
Underground structures
Urban groundwater
Circular tunnel
Spain
Barcelona
Transient
Flow
Evolution
Túnels -- Perforació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geotècnia::Túnels i excavacions
title_short Hydrogeological impact assessment by tunnelling at sites of high sensitivity
title_full Hydrogeological impact assessment by tunnelling at sites of high sensitivity
title_fullStr Hydrogeological impact assessment by tunnelling at sites of high sensitivity
title_full_unstemmed Hydrogeological impact assessment by tunnelling at sites of high sensitivity
title_sort Hydrogeological impact assessment by tunnelling at sites of high sensitivity
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pujades Garnes, Estanislao
Vázquez Suñé, Enric|||0000-0001-7022-2192
Culi, Laura
Carrera Ramírez, Jesús|||0000-0002-8054-4352
Ledesma Villalba, Alberto|||0000-0003-3321-3849
Jurado Elices, Anna
author Pujades Garnes, Estanislao
author_facet Pujades Garnes, Estanislao
Vázquez Suñé, Enric|||0000-0001-7022-2192
Culi, Laura
Carrera Ramírez, Jesús|||0000-0002-8054-4352
Ledesma Villalba, Alberto|||0000-0003-3321-3849
Jurado Elices, Anna
author_role author
author2 Vázquez Suñé, Enric|||0000-0001-7022-2192
Culi, Laura
Carrera Ramírez, Jesús|||0000-0002-8054-4352
Ledesma Villalba, Alberto|||0000-0003-3321-3849
Jurado Elices, Anna
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Tunneling
Tunnels
Sagrada Familia
Tunnel Boring Machine
Barrier effect
Underground construction
Groundwater
UNESCO
Steady-state conditions
Aquifer parameters
Underground structures
Urban groundwater
Circular tunnel
Spain
Barcelona
Transient
Flow
Evolution
Túnels -- Perforació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geotècnia::Túnels i excavacions
topic Tunneling
Tunnels
Sagrada Familia
Tunnel Boring Machine
Barrier effect
Underground construction
Groundwater
UNESCO
Steady-state conditions
Aquifer parameters
Underground structures
Urban groundwater
Circular tunnel
Spain
Barcelona
Transient
Flow
Evolution
Túnels -- Perforació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geotècnia::Túnels i excavacions
description A tunnel for the High Speed Train (HST) was constructed in Barcelona with an Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM). The tunnel crosses Barcelona and passes under some famous landmarks such as the Sagrada Familia and the Casa Mill Both monuments are UNESCO world heritage sites and a committee appointed by the UNESCO acted as external observers during the construction. Concerns about soil settlements and the hydrogeological impacts of the construction were raised. These concerns were addressed during the design stage to forestall any unexpected events. The methodology consisted of 1) characterising the geology in detail, 2) predicting the impacts caused in the aquifer, 3) predicting the soil displacements due to water table oscillations produced by the construction, and 4) monitoring the evolution of groundwater and soil settlements. The main estimated impact on groundwater was a moderate barrier effect. The barrier effect, the magnitude of which matched the predictions, was detected during construction. The monitoring of soil settlements revealed short and long term movements. The latter movements matched the analytical predictions of soil displacements caused by the groundwater oscillations. This paper proposes a realistic procedure to estimate impacts on groundwater during tunnel construction with an EPB. Our methodology will considerably improve the construction of tunnels in urban areas. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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