METHODS OF TUNNELING 2

2M.
TOP
HEADING
DRIFT METHOD OF TUNNELING
BENCH
TOP HEADING HEADING FACE
3M. TUNNELING IN ROCK IS MOSTLY AN OPERATION THAT HAS TO
BE CARRIED OUT AT CONSIDERABLE DEPTH BELOW THE
BOTTOM
NATURAL GROUND LEVEL.
HEADING DRILL HOLES
BENCH SOME OF THE METHODS ARE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED UNDER :

C/S SECTION LONGITUDINAL SECTION 1) DRIFT METHOD :

DRIFT IT CONSIST OF DRIVENS A SMALL SIZED
HEADING & BENCH METHOD IN METHODS HEADING CENTRALLY AT TOP OR BOTTOM OF THE FACE
HARD ROCKS WHICH IS LATTER ENLARGED BY DRILLING AND BENCHING
BOTTOM
TIMBER SUPPORTS CENTER DRIFT 2) HEADING AND BENCHING METHOD :
DRIFT THIS METHOD
INVOLVES DRIVING OF THE TOP PORTION IN ADVANCE TO
THE BOTTOM PORTION FOR HARD ROCK.

3) AMERICAN METHOD :
THIS METHOD IS SUITABLE FOR
TOP SIDE LARGE SIZE RAILWAY OR HIGHWAY TUNNELS. THIS METHOD
DRIFT DRIFT IS UNSUITABLE FOR TUNNELS HAVING FLAT BOTTOM.

HEADING & BENCH METHOD 4) ENGLISH METHOD :

IN SOFT ROCKS VARIATION IN DRIFT IN THIS METHOD A CENTRAL TOP
HEADING ABOUT 60M. AHEAD OF THE EXISTING ARCH
LAGGING LINNING IS DRIVEN.
CROWN BARS SKIN PLATE PROPELLER JACK
OF SHIED
JACK POT 5) SHIELD TUNNELING :
CARRIED ON SHIELD CONSIST OF A CIRCULAR
POST IN FRONT PORT HOLE STEEL RING WITH A TRANSVERSE DIAGRAM.THE
VERTICAL ESSENTIAL PARTS OF SHIELD ARE HOOD , CUTTING EDGE
STIFFNER & PROPELLING JACK.

POST
EXTENDED RING GIRDER
CUTTING
SILL POST PROPELLING
EDGE
JACK
SILL CAP SHOULDER
LINING TIMBER
HORIZONTAL
ENGLISH METHOD STIFFNER
POST STIFFNER
LAGGING STRUT
FOR SHIELD
HOOD
SILL IN FORM OF
RING GIRDER
SLIDING
WALL PLATE PLATFORM
NAME : SURAJ K JINGAR

CLASS : F.S OF BE-II(PTD)

SPRINGING STIFFNER FOR
CUTTING EDGE ROLL NO : 137
AMERICAN METHOD VER. POST HOLE FOR
COMPONENT OF SHIELD GROUT YEAR : 2016