Handbook on Tunnels and Underground Works: Volume 3: Case Histories and Best Practices [Hardcover]

This three-volume set provides a global, up-to-date, thorough, clear, and practical new risk-based approach to tunnelling design and construction methods and discusses detailed examples of solutions applied to relevant case histories.

Emilio Bilotta graduated cum laude as Civil Engineer at the University of Napoli Federico II and he got his PhD degree in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Roma La Sapienza. He is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering of the University of Napoli Federico II, where he holds courses of Fundamentals of geotechnical engineering for undergraduates and of Tunnels and underground structures and Underground constructions for postgraduates. His main research interests concern tunnelling in urban areas, tunnels under seismic actions, ground improvement for seismic mitigation.

Renato Casale is currently CEO at EnginSoft SpA, based in Trento (Italy), and President of the Editorial Board at SIG (Italian Tunneling Association) of Handbook on Design and Construction of Tunnels . Prior to this he was Senior Advisor at SWS Group, based in Trento (Italy), President of the Organizing Committee of WTC 2019 at SIG (Italian Tunneling Association) and Senior Engineer at Rocksoil (worldwide known design company in the underground infrastructures).

Claudio Giulio di Prisco, graduated at Politecnico di Milano, he developed his doctoral thesis under the supervision of Prof. Roberto Nova at Politecnico di Torino. He collaborated with Prof. Ioannis Vardoulakis and prof. Elias Aifantis. He is Full Professor of Geotechnics and Slope Stability at Politecnico di Milano since 2005 and from 2015, at the same University, Director of the Master on Tunnel Engineering.

Salvatore Miliziano