Program

Thursday, October 07th 2010

7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.      Registration
8:30 a.m.                       Welcome address by W. SCHUBERT

08:45 a.m.  Leopold Müller Award

09:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Coffee Break

Effects of ground water table fluctuation
Chair: G. ZENZ
          S. KIEFFER

Gotthard Base Tunnel - Tunnelling in the influence zone of
two concrete arch dams
R. BREMEN                 Lombardi, Minusio (CH)   
H. EHRBAR                 AlpTransit, Luzern (CH)   
B. OTTO                     Axpo, Baden (CH)

Behaviour of Kops arch dam during tunnel excavation
E. NETZER                  Vorarlb. Illwerke, Schruns (A)
E. PÜRER                    Vorarlb. Illwerke, Schruns (A)

Considerations of the crack water table and its fluctuation in
pressure tunnel design and construction
A. VIGL                      Vigl Consult, Schruns (A)
R. GERSTNER              Vorarlb. Illwerke, Schruns (A)

Groundwater resources and the design and construction of
deep tunnels in rock
S. J. KLEIN                  Jacobs, San Francisco (CA, USA)
J. WAGGONER             Jacobs, Pasadena (CA, USA)      
T. HIBNER                   Metropolitan Water District, Los Angeles (CA, USA)

Landslides 2009 in Styria
R. HORNICH                Land Steiermark, Graz (A)
R. ADELWÖHRER          Land Steiermark, Graz (A)

Gmünd reservoir - Graseggerslope stabilization
A. BLAUHUT                 Verbund AHP, Wien (A)
A. LEOBACHER             Verbund AHP, Wien (A)

Ermenek HPP - Groundwatertable development during impounding
J. LINORTNER               Pöyry Energy, Ankara (TR)
R. KOHLER                   Pöyry Energy, Salzburg (A)
G. JUNG                       Pöyry Infra, Wien (A)
S. GÜVEN                     Pöyry Energy, Ermeneck (TR)

00:30 p.m. - 02:00 p.m. Lunch Break

Interaction between ground and TBM
Chair: H. KÖHLER
           J. HERDINA

13m TBM-S without active support at the limit of use at the
Tunnelkette Perschling
D. BACH                       IGT, Salzburg (A)
M. KÖPF                        STRABAG, Wien (A)
J. LEMMERER                 ÖBB, Wien (A)
N. SALCHER                  Viglconsult, Schruns (A)

Interaction between ground, closed shield TBM and
segmental lining system
A. GÖBL                        Porr, Wien (A)         

Tapovan – Vishnugad Hydroelectrcric Power Plant – Experiences
with TBM excavation under high rock cover
J. BRANDL                     Geoconsult, Wals (A)
V.K. GUPTA                   NTPC Limited, Noida (IN)
N. MILLEN                      Geoconsult, Wals (A)

04:15 p.m. – 04:40 p.m. Coffee Break

Interaction between ground and TBM analyzed by machine data
and rock mass parameters
R. POISEL                      TU WIEN, Wien (A)
E. TENTSCHERT
A. PREH         
V. OSTERMANN
W. CHWANTAL
A. ZETTLER                   Zconsult, Villach (A)

Exploration Tunnel Aicha-Mauls at Brenner Base Tunnel –
Working progress and results
H. QUICK                      QUICK Ing., Darmstadt (D)
E. FACCHIN                   BBT, Bolzano (I)
K. BERGMEISTER           BBT, Innsbruck (A)
J. MICHAEL                   QUICK Ing., Darmstadt (D)

Using geomechanical calculations as a basis for assessing
the interaction between TBM and rock mass
K. KEIPER                     Lombardi, Minusio (CH)
R. CRAPP                 
F. AMBERG            

08:00 p.m. Chamber Cancert
The Province and City of Salzburg invite the participants and the accompanying persons to a chamber concert in the GROSSE AULA of the UNIVERSITY SALZBURG (Kapitelgasse 4-6). On the evening of Thursday, October 08th, 2009

Congress Dinner
After the concert, the Austrian Society for Geomechanics invites all participants of the congress and accompanying persons to a dinner in the "Bräugasthof Sternbräu".

Friday, October 08th 2010

08:30 a.m. Beginning

Tunnelling in swelling ground
Chair: A. LEITNER
          H. EINSTEIN

Approaches to technical solutions for tunnelling in swelling ground
D. KIRSCHKE                  Ing.-Büro für Tunnelbau, Ettlingen (D)

Tunnelling in swelling rock - a solved problem?
A. ZETTLER                     Zconsult, Villach (A)
R. POISEL                       TU WIEN, Wien (A)
A. PREH                          TU WIEN, Wien (A)
H. KONIETZKY                 TU Bergak. Freiberg (D)

Swelling of sulfatic claystones - some fundamental questions
and their practical relevance
G. ANAGNOSTOU             ETH Zürich (CH)

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break                  

Repair of the heaved section in the Chienbergtunnel
using yielding supports
F. CHIAVERIO                  Aegerter & Bosshardt AG, Basel (CH)                  
A. TUTH                           Solexperts, Möchaltdorf (CH)        

Brittle fracture in weak rock as trigger of swelling behavior:
Qualitative evidence and analyses.
W. STEINER                     B&S AG, Bern (CH)
P. KAISER                       CEMI, Sudbury, Ontario (CA)
G. SPAUN                        Müller&Hereth, Freilassing (D)

A9 Bosrucktunnel - design approaches for swelling rock
F. LENZ                           ASFINAG, Liezen (A)
T. MARCHER                    PGB ILF, Rum (A)
T. NEUMAYR                     PGB IL, Salzburg (A)

00:30 p.m. - 02:00 p.m. Lunch Break

Geothermal Energie
Chair: W. UNTERBERGER
          D. ADAM

The management of heat flow in deep mines
H. WAGNER                        Montonuniversität Leoben (A)

Geothermal prediction for planned tunnels in the
Andean Mountains, Chile/Argentina
G. HÖFER-ÖLLINGER           Geoconsult, Wals (A)
B. MILLEN

Geothermal energy plants at major projects - design and construction
H. HOFINGER                      iC Consulenten, Salzburg (A)
W. UNTERBERGER               
R. MARKIEWICZ                  Getoech. Adam, Brunn/Geb. (A)
D. ADAM

Use of warm water from the Lötschberg Base Tunnel Switzerland
P. HUFSCHMIED                  ExTechNa GmbH, Spiegel/Bern (CH)

Design and construction of the geothermal application
in the Jenbach tunnel
S. FRODL                           Ed. Züblin AG, Stuttgart (D)
J.-N. FRANZIUS                      
T. BRATL                            ÖBB Infrastruktur AG, Vomp (A)

Deep geothermal energy plants - an interdisciplinary challenge -
Shaft construction with 3D Collector heat exchanger system
CH. MUSER                          Ehoch10/ste.p, Wien (A)
H. HÄMMERLE                       Ehoch10/el-training, Wien (A)
R. GALLER                           Montonuniversität Leoben (A)
W. SCHUBERT                      TU Graz (A)