TY - CHAP AU - Shaoshuai Shi AU - Xiaokun Xie AU - Siming Tian AU - Zhijie Wen AU - Lin Bu AU - Zongqing Zhou AU - Shuguang Song AU - Ruijie Zhao ED - Michael Sakellariou Y1 - 2019-08-08 PY - 2019 T1 - Advanced Geological Prediction N2 - This volume presents a selection of chapters covering a wide range of tunneling engineering topics. The scope was to present reviews of established methods and new approaches in construction practice and in digital technology tools like building information modeling. The book is divided in four sections dealing with geological aspects of tunneling, analysis and design, new challenges in tunnel construction, and tunneling in the digital era. Topics from site investigation and rock mass failure mechanisms, analysis and design approaches, and innovations in tunnel construction through digital tools are covered in 10 chapters. The references provided will be useful for further reading. BT - Tunnel Engineering SP - Ch. 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.88406 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.88406 SN - 978-1-78985-466-4 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-18 ER -