Underground Cavity Construction

Organisation

Course Title	Type	Lecturer	Period
Underground Cavity Construction	Lecture	Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marius Milatz	Summer Term
	Exercise	Dipl.-Geol. Volker Mintzlaff	Summer Term
Tunnel Construction Field Trip	Field Trip	Dr.-Ing. Max Wiebicke	Summer Term

Study Programs

Civil Engineering
Industrial and Civil Engineering

Planning of tunnelling structures, preliminary geological exploration, rock and excavation classification, rock mechanics in tunnelling, types of excavation, blasting and roadheaders, tunnel statics, safety measures and measurement technology, drainage, sealing and lining, open shields, compressed air shields, liquid shields, earth pressure and mixed shields, tunnel boring machines in rock, excavation tools and methods, conveyor systems, separation, classification and prediction of performance and wear parameters, safety equipment in machine tunnelling, tunnel statics of mechanically excavated tunnels, fire protection in tunnelling

Tunnel Construction Field Trip

Compulsory participation in the tunnelling field trip and writing of an field trip report.

Objectives

Students acquire an understanding of underground cavity constructions. After successfully completing the module, they will be able to design and construct tunnel structures. The tunnelling field trip enables students to relate the theoretical content to practice, to reflect on it and to understand it.