DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
A TECHNICAL SEMINAR PRESENTATION ON
TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY
SUBMITTED BY
CHIRAG Y P
(1BI20CV029)
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF
K V MAHESH CHANDRA
Assistant professor ,
Dept OF Civil Engineering
CONTENT
Introduction
History
Literature Survey
Need of trenches
Trenchless methods
Techniques of Trenchless Technology
Trenchless Technology In India
Advantages And Disadvantages
Conclusion
Reference 2
INTRODUCTION
A family of methods, materials, and equipments
capable of being used for the installation of new or
replacement of existing underground infrastructure
with minimal dispurtion to surface traffic, business,
and other activities.
Trenchless Technology is basically making tunnel
below the surface and installing service lines like
gas pipes or telecommunication cables without
disruption to flow and minimum damage to the
environment.
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HISTORY
Trenchless technology has been around for many decades
Auger or Jack and Bore is used for 40-50 years
Impact moles were popular for street crossings and to go under rock
gardens
Horizontal Directional Drilling [HDD] started to gain popularity in late
80’s
Address at 1991 ‘ NO DIG’
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LITERATURE SURVEY
Khan market, New delhi, OFC ( Optical fibre cable)
Project name :Horizontal Directional Drilling.
Client : Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited.
Requirments : Installation of 20cm diameter.
optical fibre cable to supply 4G line
Distance :100m .
Crossing : Underneath the road and old museum.
Ground construction: Hard packed soil and gravel
Pit Size: Launch put 4.5m x 1.5m
Installation Time : 2 Days
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CASE :2
San Diego Regional Airport Authority Fibre-Reinforced CIPP
( Cured in place pipe) Project.
Charles king co.., the general contractor for the project. Bought in
Insituform as the lining subcontractor.
Insituform pioneered the traditional CIPP felt and resin approach, and
introduced its iPlus composite CIPP process which was used in this
project.
Airport with the construction of a new 10-gate terminal, engineers for the
San Diego county Regional Airport Authority identified nearly 1700ft
of a 96-in. Sanitary sewer trunk main that runs 25ft directly below the site
of 6
the planned terminal.
NEED OF TRENCHLESS
The advantages and difficulties encountered in
conventional trenching methods have resulted in
thinking of the need for trenchless technology.
The advantages of the trenchless technology are also
responsible for the need of this technology to be
adopted in mainly urban areas.
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TRENCHLESS METHODS
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MICROTUNNELING
Used to describe remotely controlled mechanical
tunneling systems.
Used extensively for sewage work where surface disruption has to be
minimized.
Noise levels and traffic disruptions are minimized.
The micro tunneling boring machine is remote controlled, a laser
guided system is employed, a jacking system is used thrust, and continuous
pressure is provided to the face of the excavation to balance groundwater and
earth pressures.
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HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING
Horizontal drilling systems are widely used for installing pressure
pipes under major obstacles such a large rivers and airports runways,
A small rotating and steerable drill bit is launched from the surface at
an angle 10-15 and used to drill 90mm mud filled diameter hole
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PIPE BURSTING
In this method an existing pipe can be replaced with a pipeline of the
same or larger dimension without opening up the ground.
It used where the load on the system is more than the existing pipe can
handle and replacement is required.
RELINING THE EXISTING PIPES
This method require access usually by manholes, at both end of the
pipes
Pipe is relined at the places where the joints have moved or sections are
missing, but the passage should available.
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PIPE EATING
Pipe eating is an online micro tunneled replacement technique
The existing defective pipeline is crushed and removed through the new pipeline.
Consist of micro tunneling shield. Shield has larger diameter than existing pipe
Pipe fragment can be removed by 2 methods
1. vacuum excavatior
2. slurry pumping
LOCALIZED REPAIRS
Local defects may be found in pipes are due to cracking or joint failures
Chemical grouting with urethane and similar
materials are used in sewer rehabilitation. 12
Technique's of Trenchless
Technology
Auger boring
Moling
Ramming
Directional drilling
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AUGER BORING
Auger boring is a technique for forming a horizontal bore hole through the ground, from a
driver shaft to a reception shaft by means of a rotating cutting head
The cutting head is attached to the leading end of an auger string.
Spoil is transported back to the drive shaft by the rotation of helical wound auger flights
within the steel casing pipe. Vertical control using a water level is typical.
MOLING
Instead pits are excavated at intervals for the mole to be placed the mole is then entered into
the earth on the horizontal face at the bottom of the pit. Destination pits of similar
proportions are also dug.
The mole displaces the soil creating a bore for the new services to then be pulled through.
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RAMMING
Ramming creates very little displacement in the surrounding ground.
The pipe is rammed through the soil by using a device attached to the end of wide to druve the pipe
through the soil.
This method
This method is not suitable where there are solid rock formations economical for small dia pipelines..
DIRECTIONAL DRILLING
Directional drilling makes the impossible possible.
Generally, it is preferred for long line drilling.
Involves steerable for both small and large diameter lines. The major advantage of directional drilling is
the speed of installation combined with minimum environmental impact. The disadvantage of directional
drilling is that the equipment is of high cost.
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TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA
Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation for the construction of 3m dia. Tunnel by
micro tunneling.
MTNL in Delhi, Kolkata installing large telephone cables by T.T in Delhi 185 k.m
line is made by this.
Pipe line laying below river bed is impossible by open trench method. Pipe line
laying below Hoogly river by this technique is sufficient to say its importance.
In Varanasi(u.p) an urgent repair for brick sewers is successfully done by this
In Kolkata 700m length and 762 dia. Iron pipe was repaired which started leakage.
Laying of 18’ dia. Pipe of HBJ across Yamuna river is accomplished by this
technique
1719m gas pipeline was laid 35m below Gautam Godavari river in 1994
3 underground crossing of 24’dia.And 350 long pipes were complete by Indian
Oil Corporation for Panipat refinery. 16
ADVANTAGES OF TRENCHLESS
It reduces damages of valuable surface.
It reduces the danger of improperly compacted excavations.
It avoids traffic jam.
It is accident free.
It provides the hassle-free road surface
DISADVANTAGES OF TRENCHLESS
As the open trench is going to create obstruction roads, busy areas
diversion have to provided before start of any digging work.
Very high degree of operation skill is required.
Special equipment is required.
While cutting open trenches, trees, shrubs, gardens etc. may have to
be destroyed damaging the environment.` 17
CONCLUSION
By adopting this technology we can successfully
implement pipes under the surfaces without
making any disruptions to the environment and
public. With all around development in various
fields like petrochemicals where conveyance of
gas, crude and refined products over long
distances is common, telecommunication and
power, water supply and sewerage etc. and that
lines are necessarily laid underground leaving
space above surface comparatively free. i.e.
Adoption of trenchless technology is only remedy.
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REFRENCES
1) Jagdish Chandra, T.T in India: Need of new millennium. Civil
Engineering And Construction Review Oct 2000- pg no. 48
2) http://www.seminarprojects.com/Thread-Trenchlesstechnology-
full-report#ixzz1hdFnIDfv
3) https://www.ijfeat.org/papers/jdce111.pdf
4) Dr. Neerja Sethi, Pre-Requisites for Trenchless Technology.
5) The construction Joumal of India Nov 2001- pg.no.21.
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