Handbook

The subject provides specialised knowledge and research skills in the design and construction of underground tunnel infrastructure for mining and civil engineering projects. It covers several advanced topics which include (i) objectives and need for underground tunnel infrastructures (ii) Geological investigation and Ground characterisation (iii) Tunnel Routing (iv) Tunnelling methods (v) tunnel construction methods for soft and hard rocks including mechanical excavation methods and drill and blast excavation methods (vi) tunnel supports (vii) Instrumentation (viii) Numerical modelling of stress distribution around tunnel (ix) tunnel ventilation (x) Environmental aspects of tunnelling (xi) Tunnel projects - case studies.