Starting with the second modulus of the Master Course, Professor Peila held an introductory lecture on the overall aspects of mechanised tunnelling. He provided us with a clear picture of the developed technology and its main features in order to be prepared for the following lectures from specialists on the topic.
We had the honour of receiving a lecture by Prof. Dr. Kalman Kovári in which he adopted a practical approach to introduce us the aspects to take into account for different tunnel design cases. This interactive lecture was absolutely fruitful to apply and expose the concepts and ideas that we learnt in the past. From his wide experience he proposed some case studies to enhance our critical thinking of the possible solutions to overcome complicated conditions.
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| Prof. Kalman Kovári and the group of students after his lecture. |
Prof. Dr. Nuh Bilgin (Istanbul Technical University) held an outstanding two day course on Cutting Tools and Excavability prediction for Mechanised Tunnelling. He went through the different tool types and its field of applicability, considering also their particular wear phenomena. Main attention was laid to the performance prediction in terms of Net Cutting Rate considering several numerical examples from true cases.
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| Prof. Dr. Bilgin and Master's students after his lecture on Cutting Tools. |
To conclude with this first week of the second modulus, Eric Leca (Arcadis and ITA Executive Council Member) gave us a very interesting lecture on Tunnelling Induced Settlements. Starting from the governing theories with concepts such as the Volume Loss and its sources, he presented the factors to be taken into consideration for a proper tunnel driving in urban areas where the constraints are maximum. A valuable discussion of the monitoring results obtained in some case studies was the way to apply the concepts learnt, resulting in an exciting discussion.
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| Prof. Eric Leca and the students after his lecture on Tunnelling Induced Settlements. |
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