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mshockwave | 6 months ago

The scenario suitable for TBM is surprisingly limited so even nowadays many tunnels are still dig using the good’o way, mostly with explosives

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GeoAtreides|6 months ago

??? explosives? in mud? (well, clay)?!

tunnels are bored depending on the soil, length, diameter. Most projects I have seen use TBMs and the New Austrian Tunneling Method. Explosives are quite the minority (not many tunnels are in solid rock), even the Gotthard tunnels were dug with TBMs