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Sprayed concrete lined tunnels, CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA, ISBN: 9780367209759 – https://www.crcpress.com Available as hardback or ebook! A. H. Thomas
Read a review here: “This is an easy book to read…with a punchy delivery of the key facts — ideal for a busy engineer.” – Mike King, Director, MK Tunnelling in Tunnels and Tunnelling May 2020
Selected articles
Some thoughts on carbon reduction from the ITA Slovenia conference, Ljubljana, 2023 – full paper here: Practical Guidance on Reducing a Tunnel’s Carbon Footprint, p 182-191, A. H. Thomas
Glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) permanent rock bolts, ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, WTC2022 and 47th General Assembly Bella Center, Copenhagen 2022, A.H. Thomas
Spraying for success – Rules of thumb: sprayed concrete, Tunnels & Tunnelling International August 2021 p 24-27, A.H. Thomas
Design methods for fibre reinforced concrete – full paper here & presentation here: p 18-26, ITA Slovenia conference , Ljubljana, 2021, A. H. Thomas
Fibre reinforced sprayed concrete for ground support, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, Volume 99, May 2020, 103302 E.S. Bernard & A.H. Thomas
Achieving sustainability in underground construction through innovation, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Civil Engineering, Volume 173 Issue 5: Special issue on underground construction (May, 2020. p 5-10). A.H. Thomas
Glass fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP) permanent rockbolts, Fjellsprengningsdagen, 2019 A.H. Thomas
Life-cycle assessments of rock bolts, Tunnelling Journal, June/July, p 47-49. J.Kodymova, A.H.Thomas & M.Will
The design philosophy for permanent sprayed concrete linings, Sprayed Concrete Symposium 2018, Trondheim A.H.Thomas & R. Dimmock
Design methods for fibre reinforced concrete, Proceedings of the World Tunnel Congress 2014 – Tunnels for a better Life. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. A.H.Thomas
Numerical modelling of sprayed concrete lined (SCL) tunnels – A.H.Thomas PhD thesis 2003
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