This paper presents some of the geotechnical aspects of underground railway construction in the urban environment, drawing from recent experience gathered during the design of the new Line C of Rome Underground and the construction of Line 1 of Naples Underground. For Rome Underground, the paper summarizes the main results of a study of the interaction between tunnel construction and a monumental structure at the surface. The assessment of the potential damage induced by tunnelling was approached following stages of increasing complexity, from simple and well-established semi-empirical methods to 2D and 3D numerical soil–structure interaction analyses. A significant joint effort from archaeologists and geotechnical and structural engineers was required to define reliable models of the monument and of the subsoil ground conditions. For Naples Underground, this paper describes the construction techniques that were implemented to build the open excavations required to accommodate the stations, including artificial ground freezing, and illustrates some of the analyses that were carried out to interpret the observations of the ground behaviour and of the behaviour of the structures during construction.

Viggiani, G., De Sanctis, L. (2006). Geotechnical aspects of underground railway construction in the urban environment: the examples of Roma and Napoli. In Proceedings 10th international congress of the international associational association for engineering geology and the environment (pp.215-240). LONDON, UK : The Geological Society of London [10.1144/EGSP22.18].

Geotechnical aspects of underground railway construction in the urban environment: the examples of Roma and Napoli

VIGGIANI, GIULIA;
2006-01-01

Abstract

This paper presents some of the geotechnical aspects of underground railway construction in the urban environment, drawing from recent experience gathered during the design of the new Line C of Rome Underground and the construction of Line 1 of Naples Underground. For Rome Underground, the paper summarizes the main results of a study of the interaction between tunnel construction and a monumental structure at the surface. The assessment of the potential damage induced by tunnelling was approached following stages of increasing complexity, from simple and well-established semi-empirical methods to 2D and 3D numerical soil–structure interaction analyses. A significant joint effort from archaeologists and geotechnical and structural engineers was required to define reliable models of the monument and of the subsoil ground conditions. For Naples Underground, this paper describes the construction techniques that were implemented to build the open excavations required to accommodate the stations, including artificial ground freezing, and illustrates some of the analyses that were carried out to interpret the observations of the ground behaviour and of the behaviour of the structures during construction.
10th International Congress of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment
Nottingham, UK
2006
X
IAEG
Rilevanza internazionale
su invito
2006
Settore ICAR/07 - GEOTECNICA
English
tunnelling; open excavations; numerical modeeling; field observations; artificial ground freezing
Invited Key Note Lecture
Intervento a convegno
Viggiani, G., De Sanctis, L. (2006). Geotechnical aspects of underground railway construction in the urban environment: the examples of Roma and Napoli. In Proceedings 10th international congress of the international associational association for engineering geology and the environment (pp.215-240). LONDON, UK : The Geological Society of London [10.1144/EGSP22.18].
Viggiani, G; De Sanctis, L
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

Questo articolo è pubblicato sotto una Licenza Licenza Creative Commons Creative Commons

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/2108/32827
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 27
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 22
social impact