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GERMAN METHOD [1 record]

Record 1 1992-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Extraction Procedures - Various (Mining)
  • Excavation (Construction)
CONT

The multiple drift consists of excavating the arch drift after the side drifts, setting arch supports, and then removing the remaining core of rocks.

OBS

german method: Practical Tunnel Driving, 1975, p. 216.

OBS

multiple drift method: Rock Tunneling with Steel Supports, 1977, p. 136.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'extraction divers (Exploit. minière)
  • Fouilles (Construction)
CONT

Une troisième solution (...) consiste à creuser une galerie de base à l'emplacement de chaque piédroit; on construit alors les piédroits de ces galeries, puis on dégage l'emplacement de la voûte à partir d'une galerie de toit en retard sur les précédentes, et l'on élève la voûte directement sur les piédroits. C'est la méthode dite allemande (...) ou des trois galeries (...)

Spanish

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