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Comment fait-on pour que deux équipes de mineurs se rencontrent à mi-course lors du percement d'un ouvrage souterrain ? Voilà le défi lié à l'implantation d'un tunnel d'une certaine longueur, quand les travaux sont entrepris simultanément par les deux extr ...
La situation topographique particulière, un fort taux d’occupation de sa surface et une volonté très prononcée de protection du paysage incite la Suisse à enfouir ses infrastructures. C’est donc une multitude de tunnels qui ont été construits et qui le ser ...
Cut-and-cover tunnels behavior at ultimate limit state depends strongly on the interactions between the foundation soil, the backfill and the reinforced concrete structure. Characterization of the potential failure modes of these types of structure necessi ...
5th International PhD Symposium in civil engineering2004
Measurements of local air pollution and road traffic were taken during a period of one month before and after the opening of a road tunnel to the public in nearby Sachseln, a small city located in a rural region (Obwald) at the center of Switzerland. Two 5 ...
Fatigue phenomena occurring in Pb(ZrxTi1-x)O-3 ferroelectric thin-film capacitors (FECAP) with Pt electrodes are studied by means of conduction measurements in the cold-field-emission (tunneling) regime. We have determined that conduction in virgin FECAPs ...
