Prospects for designing tunnels and other underground structures in the context of the Eurocodes
Support to policies and standards for sustainable construction
Currently, there are no European tunnelling design standards or harmonised guidelines at European level. Tunnel and underground spaces design in Europe is based primarily on national standards, recommendations, knowledge and experience with the use of industrial/client standards and guidelines developed at national level. Moreover, parts of the Eurocodes are used for the design of tunnels, despite having no specific parts devoted to underground structures design. The report discusses the assessment of the applicability of the most relevant parts of the Second Generation of the Eurocodes, when designing tunnels and underground structures. It provides recommendations for possible content for the Eurocodes addressing underground structures, based on expert judgements. A proposal is presented on how to proceed with the development of a new Part or Clause in the Eurocodes to address the design of new tunnels and underground structures. The need for developing new standards for the design of tunnels and other underground structures within the framework of the Eurocodes, points to the recommendation for starting the standardisation process with the installation of an Ad-Hoc Group (AHG) on Tunnelling and Underground structures under CEN/TC250 “Structural Eurocodes”. Members of this Ad-Hoc Group could be the Chairs of the involved TC250 Sub-Committees together with other experts on tunnelling design.
ATHANASOPOULOU Adamantia;
BOGUSZ Witold;
BOLDINI Daniela;
BRANDTNER Markus;
BRIERLEY Richard;
DIMOVA Silvia;
FRANZEN Gunilla;
GANZ Hans;
GRUNICKE Urs;
MALAKATAS Nikolaos;
PECKER Alain;
ROESSLER Karel;
SCIOTTI Alessandra;
VAN SETERS Adriaan;
SOUSA Maria Luisa;
ATHANASOPOULOU Adamantia;
DIMOVA Silvia;
FRANZEN Gunilla;
VAN SETERS Adriaan;
2022-11-11
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC130784
978-92-76-58448-3 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31265 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-265-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC130784,
10.2760/307164 (online),
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