NORWEGIAN TBM TUNNELLING NORWEGIAN NORWEGIAN TBM TUNNELLING PUBLICATION NO. 11 PUBLICATION NORWEGIAN SOIL AND ROCK ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION NO. 11 NORWEGIAN TBM TUNNELLING 30 YEARS of EXPERIENCE with TBMs in NORWEGIAN TUNNELLING 3 NORWEGIAN SOIL AND ROCK ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION INCORPORATING NORWEGIAN TUNNELLING SOCIETY NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NORWEGIAN ROCK MECHANICS GROUP REPRESENTS EXPERTISE IN • Hard Rock Tunnelling techniques • Rock blasting technology • Soft soil engineering • Marine and offshore geotechnology • Rock mechanics and engineering geology USED IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF • Hydroelectric power development, including: - water conveying tunnels - unlined pressure shafts - subsurface power stations - lake taps - earth and rock fill dams • Transportation tunnels • Underground storage facilities • Heavy foundations on soft ground • Foundations of offshore constructions • Underground openings for public use SECRETARIAT: NORWEGIAN TUNNELLING SOCIETY NFF P. O. Box 2312, Solli N-0251 Oslo, Norway e-mail:
[email protected] 4 NORWEGIAN TBM TUNNELLING 30 YEARS of EXPERIENCE with TBMs in NORWEGIAN TUNNELLING Publication No. 11 NORWEGIAN SOIL AND ROCK ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION NORWEGIAN TUNNELLING SOCIETY, NFF, 5 © NORWEGIAN TUNNELLING SOCIETY 1998 ISBN 82-991952-1-7 Picture credits: Cover page: Statkraft Anlegg AS Print: Hansen Grafiske, Oslo 6 CONTENTS Preface 9 1 Arnulf Hansen The History of TBM Tunnelling in Norway 11 2 O. T. Blindheim and Amund Bruland Boreability Testing 21 3 Amund Bruland Prediction Model for Performance and Costs 29 4 Odd Askilsrud Development of TBM Technology for Hard Rock Conditions 35 5 O. T. Blindheim Early TBM Projects 43 6 Thor Skjeggedal and Karl Gunnar Holter The VEAS Project - 40 km Tunnelling with Pregrouting 53 7 O. T. Blindheim, Erik Dahl Johansen and Arild Hegrenæs Bored Road Tunnels in Hard Rock 57 8 Jan Drake and Erik Dahl Johansen The Svartisen Hydroelectric Project - 70 kilometres of Hydro Tunnels 63 9 Arne Myrvang, O.