Cover Illustration:
Breakthrough of the Herrenknecht TBM at ‘Sao Bento Station’, under construction.
Porto Metro Line ‘S’ – Porto, Portugal.
Photograph by Piergiorgio Grasso, 2003.
Frontispiece Illustration:
The entrance to the ‘Sao Bento Station’ of the Porto Metro, after completion.
Porto Metro Line ‘S’ – Porto, Portugal.
Photograph by Elena Chiriotti, 2007.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mechanized tunnelling in urban areas: design methodology and
construction control / edited by Vittorio Guglielmetti ... [et al.].
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-415-42010-5 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1. Tunneling. 2. Tunnels–Design and construction. I. Guglielmetti,
Vittorio.
TA805.M345 2007
624.1’93–dc22
2007024277
ISBN: 978-0-415-42010-5 (Hbk)
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