Maidl, B. 1997: Tunnelbau im Sprengvortrieb
Müller, L. 1978: Der Felsbau, Bd. 3 Tunnelbau

• tunneling by excavator, drilling and blasting, driving by TBM
• tunnel driving classification
• measuring technologies in tunnel construction
• rock exploration and classification
• rock pressure and in-situ stress measurement
• introduction to tunnel constructions (types and purposes)
• tunnel construction methods: historic, full-circle and segmental, calotte, roof and wall mining
• safety measures and sequence
• collaps mechanisms of bedrock
• stresses and deformations around a tunnel: primary stresses, convergence, plastification, crack stresses, ground reaction line method

Students of the courses Civil Engineering MSc (particularly with Study Focus V), Engineering Structures MSc (particularly with Profiles 1 and 4) and Applied Geosciences (Elective Courses)

The students can select basic construction methods and constructions in underground tunnel construction and apply self-reliantly the methods and static calculation and safety assessments in rock mechanics. With regard to the assessment of variants, costs, construction operation and safety aspects they gained geotechnical competence in solving problems.