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TUNNEL BORING MACHINE

Authored by Muhammad Farhan

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 5 pts

Tunnel Boring Machine is also known as a "Mechanical Mole"

TRUE

FALSE

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The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) is still called a “mechanical mole” in the United States, almost as if to underplay this impressive technology rather than to accentuate the pioneering aspect of being able to unite two points through a large excavation underground, under the sea, or under a river.

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

20 sec • 5 pts

Soft ground tunnels are

deals with weak rock formation

at cover depth of 2 times diameter

usually use Tunnel Boring Machine

all of them

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

20 sec • 5 pts

Tunnel use for

conveyance material

transportation

military defense

water conduction

all of them

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

10 sec • 5 pts

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Rate for tunnel advancement a day (for Tunnel Boring Machine, TBM)

depends on tunnel size

depends on ground properties

10 m /day

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

10 sec • 5 pts

Tunnel is an artificial underground passage, especially one built through a hill or under a building, road, or river that carry the load itself

TRUE

FALSE

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The most important potential loads acting on underground structures are

earth/rock pressure

water pressure

earth/ rock pressure and water pressure

loads due to vehicle traffic

all of them

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Tunnelling issues includes

stability of tunnel

lining structure

deformations

all of them

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