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Underground Space Use: Analysis of the Past and Lessons for the Future – Erdem Solak (eds) © 2005 Taylor Francis Group, London, ISBN 04 1537 452 9 The performance of a full face tunnel boring machine (TBM) in Tarabya (Istanbul) N. Bilgin, C. Feridunoglu D. Tumac Istanbul Technical University, Mining Engineering Department, Istanbul, Turkey M. Cnar, Y. Palakci, O. Gunduz L. Ozyol Tinsa Co., Istanbul, Turkey ABSTRACT: The performance of a full face tunnel boring machine (Herrenknecht TBM) was evaluated within the research program of this study. TBM having a diameter of 2.9 m and cutting power of 560 kW was used to excavate the tunnel of 13270 m in length, which was situated between Sariyer and Baltaliman. The main rock formations are Paleozoic aged sedimentary rocks, limestone, sandstone-siltstone, andesite dykes and sed- iment fillings. The project was commissioned to Tinsa – Öztas¸ – Hazinedarog lu – Simelko consortium. The performance of TBM was recorded continuously for detailed shift analysis. A limestone block having dimen- sions of 0.4 0.5 0.4 m, representing majority of the rock formations was collected from one of the shafts. This rock block was subjected to full scale instrumented laboratory cutting tests using a disc cutter taken from the TBM. The relationship between thrust force and depth of cut was compared to the one obtained in the field. It is concluded that accumulated data and instrumented full scale rock cutting tests may serve as a valuable tool to predict the performance of full face tunnel boring machines in any type of rock formation. 1 INTRODUCTION It is estimated that in the coming years the under- ground construction in Europe and in the other parts of the world will increase tremendously, typical exam- ples