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Design Aspects of Under-Passing a City’s Heritage Landmark with EPB Machines Under Low Overburden; The Case of Chandpole Gate in Jaipur Metro, India

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UG1B is the first underground Metro Line under construction in Jaipur which is the capital of Rajastan (India). The twin bore tunnel route pass through the historical centre of the old city of Jaipur called “Pink City”. Significant historical monuments of world’s heritage, such as Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar, Isarlat tower, Tripolia Gate (main entrance to the city palace) and Chandpole Gate, are within the greater influence zone of the project. Specifically, the twin bore TBM tunnel passed 4.5 m under the foundation of Chandpole Gate which is one of the main significant historical entrances to the old city, almost 300 years old. The paper addresses the main design aspects of the under-passing of Chandpole Gate in Jaipur by two EPB TBM machines, and introduces the new method which is used for designing these shallow tunnels, by combining the usage of the analytical solution of Massinas and Sakellariou (Géotechnique 59:691–701, 2009) with detailed numerical analysis; the innovative closed form solution has been applied to assess the required support pressure, whereas its results have been used as input to 3-D numerical analyses of tunnel excavation below the Gate to predict induced settlements. The route from the evaluation of the geotechnical model, to the study of the structural and foundation system of the monument, the approach to the necessary tunnel face retaining pressure to be maintained by the EPB machines during under passing and the prediction of the surface and Gate settlement due to tunneling operations is introduced and analyzed. Monitoring of TBM operation parameters and settlement measurements during construction are presented in the form of comparative diagrams and graphs, to illustrate the application of the main design recommendations and verify the design predictions, in terms of applied face pressure and resulting settlements of the Chandpole Gate. Comparison has shown that main recommendations, as derived from the new proposed method of design and followed during the tunnelling operations, resulted to a successful under-passing of Chandpole Gate, with induced settlements within the predicted, permissible limits.

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Acknowledgements

The authors of the present study would like to express their gratitude to Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) and the general contractor Continental Engineering Corporation (CEC) and especially the TBM team, for providing us with the essential information during elaboration of the present study. The authors would like also to express their special gratitude to Mr. Gabriele Tidone (First Project Director of CEC) for his valuable support and guidance during the elaboration of the design.

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  1. ALYSJ JV (Aktor - Larsen & Toubro - Yapi Merkezi - STFA - Al Jaber Engineering JV), Doha, Qatar

    Spiros Massinas

  2. Omikron kappa - Indus Consultrans JV, Spaze i-Tech Park, Tower A, Sector 49, Sohna Road, Gurgaon, Haryana, 508-509, India

    Spiros Massinas

  3. Omikron Kappa Consulting SA, 4 Thaleias Str. & 109 Kimis Ave., Maroussi, Athens, Greece

    George K. Prountzopoulos

  4. Indus Consultans Pvt. Ltd, Spaze i-Tech Park, Tower A, Sector 49, Sohna Road, Gurgaon, Haryana, 508-509, India

    Vijyant Bhardwaj

  5. Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation Ltd, Khanij Bhawan, Tilak Marg, C-Scheme, Jaipur, India

    Ashwini Saxena

  6. The Robbins Company, Hyderabad, India

    Jim Clark

  7. Laboratory of Structural Mechanics and Engineering Structures, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece

    Michael G. Sakellariou

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Massinas, S., Prountzopoulos, G.K., Bhardwaj, V. et al. Design Aspects of Under-Passing a City’s Heritage Landmark with EPB Machines Under Low Overburden; The Case of Chandpole Gate in Jaipur Metro, India. Geotech Geol Eng 36, 3683–3705 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-018-0565-0

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