Foreign experience of the use of v-type disc cutters in tunneling as a reference point for prospective studies in Russia

Equipping of TBMs with rock cutting tools in the modern foreign practice of tunneling is based on the usage of CCS-type disc cutters. But there is also another type of tool for rock destruction when tunneling. It is a V-type disc cutter. As practice shows, in some situations it can provide greater work efficiency than a standard tool. Domestic research in this direction is mainly limited to the study of V-type tools of relatively small diameter for equipping roadheaders. Thus, this experience cannot be applied, if necessary, to the tunneling operations with TBM. Therefore, the studying of foreign experience on this issue is advisable. The paper analyzes studies conducted by foreign experts in the process of tunneling for various purposes in Turkey in the first decade of this century. These studies include the determination of a wide range of physical and technical properties of rocks, laboratory and field tests to determine the strength characteristics of the rock destruction process, comparison of laboratory, field and theoretical values of forces and energy performance of TBMs...