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Related publications (11)

Thermomechanical behavior of underground energy infrastructures

The employment of geostructures as structural supports and as heat exchangers represent an effective, renewable and sustainable way to satisfy thermal needs of the built environment. The structural support of conventional geotechnical structures is coupled ...

EPFL2020

Time-dependent strength of concrete in compression and shear

Darko Tasevski

Sustained load actions are permanently present in concrete structures, as for example self-weight and dead loads on bridges or soil pressure on cut-and-cover tunnels. These actions may increase throughout a structure's lifetime, for instance after refurbis ...

EPFL2019

Vortex siphon - from 1:1 scale physical model to SPH simulation and prototype

Giovanni De Cesare

The rail link between Geneva Cornavin Station, Eaux-Vives Station and Annemasse (CEVA) is currently under construction including a cut-and-cover tunnel built by slurry walls located in the alluvium of the Foron River. The covered trench cuts the groundwate ...

2019

Experimental Study at Prototype Scale of a Self-priming Free-Surface Siphon

Giovanni De Cesare, Paloma Furlan

This study is within the frame of the construction of the rail link between Geneva Cornavin station, Eaux-Vives station and Annemasse (CEVA). The project area is located at a cut-and-cover tunnel built by slurry walls located in the alluvium of the Foron R ...

Springer2018

Experimental study at prototype scale of a self-priming free surface siphon

Giovanni De Cesare, Paloma Furlan

2017

Physical and 3D numerical simulation of the flow in the tailrace of a hydroelectric power plant to design fishway entrances

Giovanni De Cesare, Pierre Bourqui

2017

Shear in reinforced concrete without transverse reinforcement

Francesco Cavagnis

Since the first applications of structural concrete, the shear behaviour of one-way slabs without transverse reinforcement has been largely investigated. Nevertheless, currently in the scientific community there is no general agreement on the mechanisms of ...

EPFL2017

Estimating the geothermal potential of heat exchanger anchors on a cut and cover tunnel

Lyesse Laloui, Fabrice Dupray, Thomas Mimouni

This study addresses the geothermal potential of using the anchors of a cut-and-cover tunnel as heat exchangers with the ground for seasonal heat storage. The influence of the soil properties and water table level were investigated. Various service conditi ...

Elsevier2014

Interaction sol-structure dans le domaine des tranchées couvertes

Sylvain Plumey

The present research on cut-and-cover tunnels gives a theoretical contribution to the understanding of the behaviour of these structures up to their ultimate limit state. A simplified method inspired on the convergence-confinement method is investigated an ...

EPFL2007

Considerations on the design of cut-and-cover tunnels

Aurelio Muttoni, Laurent Vulliet, Vincent Labiouse, Sylvain Plumey

The communication shows an alternative for introducing soil-structure interaction in the analysis of cut-and-cover tunnels. An uncoupled method is illustrated through two examples representative of the situations found in practice. The main features of eac ...

ELU-ULS 2006 - Symposium international sur les états limites ultimes des ouvrages géotechniques2006

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