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Training course Mechanized Tunnelling in Urban Areas
Roma 13 - 14 April 2012
Programme
Friday 13th April 2012
08.00 8.30: Participant registration
08.30 9.00: Opening ceremony, Enrico ARINI (SIG President), Eng.Abdullah Al-Mogbel
(ITACET Foundation President), In-Mo LEE (ITA President), Augusto
DESIDERI (Rome University La Sapienza), Daniele PEILA (ITA ExCo).
09.00 10.30: Mechanized tunnelling in soft soil. General aspects & history of the machines
development, Rick LOVAT (L2 Advisors Inc.-Canada, ITA ExCo).
10.30 12.00: Face pressure design in mechanized tunnelling, George ANAGNOSTOU (ETH
Zrich, Switzerland).
12.00 12.30: Discussions and questions
12.30 13.30: Lunch
13.30 15.00: Slurry Shield tunnelling design, Markus THEWES (Ruhr Universitt Bochum
Germany, ITA ExCo).
15.00 16.30: EPB Tunnelling design. Investigations, soil conditioning and backfilling
technology, Daniele PEILA & Sebastiano PELIZZA (Politecnico di Torino
Italy, ITA ExCo & ITA former President).
16.30 18.00: Segment lining design, Fritz GRUEBL (Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences
Germany).
18.00 18.30: Discussions and questions
Saturday 14th April 2012
08.30 09.45: Use of fibers in segment lining and structural design, Giovanni PLIZZARI
(University of Brescia Italy).
09.45 10.30: Geological & geotechnical issues related to the design of Martina, the worlds
largest EPB TBM (15.62 m in diameter) Giuseppe LUNARDI (Rocksoil Milano
Italy)
10.30 11.45: Surface settlements. Design theory, Giulia VIGGIANI (University Tor Vergata
Roma Italy).
11.45 13.00: Metro Roma case history. Settlement study and analysis of stability of buildings,
Andrea SCIOTTI (Roma Metropolitane Italy, Sebastiano RAMPELLO &
Salvatore MILIZIANO (University La Sapienza Roma Italy).
13.00 13.30: Discussions and questions
13.30 14.30: Lunch
14.30 16.00: Bologna underground railway by-pass case history. Description of the work and
use of compensation grouting, Robert MAIR (Cambridge University, UK) Andrea
PIGORINI (Italferr Roma Italy).
16.00 17.30: Risk management and real time monitoring of settlements. Application to relevant
case histories, Piergiorgio GRASSO (Geodata Torino Italy, Vice President
ITACET Foundation).
17.30 18.00: Discussions and questions
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