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    A research project on tunneling in mixed face conditions (rock-soil) was carried out with the aim to increase the knowledge and to better understand deformation mechanisms when these particular conditions arise. A back analysis of a case study involving the tunnel passage under the Maria Magdalena church was performed as a second task of the project, in which soil stratigraphy, rock/soil reinforcement, and extraction sequence were simulated explicitly and in detail.

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    Robert Swindell
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    Robert Swindell is an experienced engineering geologist with an M.Sc. in engineering geology from Leeds University. He has practical and theoretical experience in the fields of tunnel design, site investigation, rock reinforcement, mining and grouting. Robert has worked as a rock engineer in numerous different roles including design consultant, client’s technical specialist and as leader of a tunneling contractor’s engineering geology team. He also has specialist knowledge within the field of engineering geological modelling and ground modelling for rock mechanics

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