Construction of a Metro Tunnel in Mexico City with an EPB Shield
Ismail Benamar, Dalia Zaldivar
In the proceedings of: GEO2011: 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, 14th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 5th Pan-American Conference on Teaching and Learning of Geotechnical EngineeringSession: Buried Structures & Subsurface Systems
RESUMEN: La construcción del túnel de la Línea 12 del metro representa una gran innovación y un reto para la ingeniería mexicana ya que este es el primer tunel mecanizado de gran diámetro que se excava bajo una zona urbana y bajo las condiciones especiales de los suelos blandos típicos del Valle de México. Es un túnel de gran diámetro excavado con tuneladora EPB bajo pequeñas coberturas y que estará sujeto al fenómeno de consolidación regional. A lo largo de su trazo, el escudo EPB corre bajo y cerca de importantes estructuras subterráneas tales como conducciones de aguas negras y de ríos, pilas de cimentación de puentes, líneas superficiales de metro y pasos subterráneos. El artículo presenta el proceso de excavación de los primeros tres tramos de túnel, el primero de los cuales sirvió como curva de aprendizaje del proceso.
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Benamar, Ismail, Zaldivar, Dalia (2011) Construction of a Metro Tunnel in Mexico City with an EPB Shield in GEO2011. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.
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title = {Construction of a Metro Tunnel in Mexico City with an EPB Shield}
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