Week 12 & 13 Tunnelling & TBM Course: Types of TBM & Selection of TBM

Last 2 weeks of lecture (7th to 16th April, 2014) was mainly focussed to give us an overview of types of TBM and selection of TBM according to the project and geologic requirements.

Along with the theoretical background, to give us a practical understanding of TBM type selection and design, we had the following guest lectures from the Industry:

• Slurry shield TBM by Prof. Markus Thewes, Institute for Tunnelling and Construction Management, Ruhr-University Bochum
• Rock TBMs by Mr. Massimo Concilia, Project Manager, Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A.
• EPB and Hydro-Shield by Mr. Allesandro Cresdo, Manager, Herrenknecht
• TBM Selection case histories by Mr. Jens Classen, Director of Mechanized Tunnelling, TOTO
• TBM Selection case histories by Gilbert Fontanille, NFM Technologies
• Design of TBM by Maurizio Marchionni, Geodata.

In the next blog post, various guidelines for the selection of TBM and key design aspects of TBM are discussed.

Mr. Allesandro Cresto's Lecture on EPB and Hydro-Shield