Transportation tunnels /
S. Ponnuswamy, Former Additional General Manager, Souther Railway, Chennai, and Guest Faculty, IIT Madras, D. Johnson Victor, Former Professor of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
- Second edition.
- 1 online resource (xvii, 356 pages)
A Balkema book--title page.
1. Introduction -- 2. Route selection and preliminary investigations -- 3. Tunnel requirements -- 4. Design of tunnels -- 5. Survey and setting out -- 6. Tunnelling operations -- 7. Drilling, blasting and mucking -- 8. Metro tunnels -- 9. Lining -- 10. Ventilation, lighting and drainage -- 11. Instrumentation in tunnelling -- 12. Inspection and maintenance of tunnels.