9. Environmental aspects
9.1 Impact on the environment
The acceptability of projects involving tunnelling in both urban and rural areas is a very important issue. Limiting the impact of TBM work on the environment is therefore of prime importance. This impact can be of different kinds.
SCROLL TO TOPBuildings under which a tunnel boring machine (TBM) digs will undergo settlement. This settlement, due to the change in the stress field brought about by the creation of an opening in the ground, results in...
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