9th Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling Day

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Full rows of seats at the WBI Centre: With around 270 guests, the Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling Day 2024 was once again well attended

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The Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling day is held annually in Weinheim. It is organized by WBI GmbH, sponsored by the German Railway (DB InfraGO) and supported by the German Engineering Association (Arbeitskreis Bautechnik of the Württembergische Ingenieurverein)

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Walter Wittke (left) opened the 9th Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling Day in Weinheim

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The breaks between the presentation sessions provided ample opportunity for expert discussions

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This year‘s expert conference focused on the topics of rock mechanics, tunnelling and underground construction as well as sustainability. Challenging construction projects were presented in a further programme section

Credit/Quelle: WBI/Fotostudio Fischer

On June 13, 2024, the 9th Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling Day took place at the WBI Center in Weinheim, Germany. This year, the very well-attended event focused on rock mechanics, tunnelling and underground construction, sustainability and project reports. It is organized annually by WBI GmbH, sponsored by the German Railway (DB InfraGO) and supported by the German Engineering Association (Arbeitskreis Bautechnik of the Württembergische Ingenieurverein).

Walter Wittke Prize 2024

The Walter Wittke Prize is not only awarded for outstanding publications and projects from the construction or mining sector that represent progress with regard to recording the rock mechanical behaviour of fractured rock in terms of the AJRM (Anisotropic Jointed Rock Model). Furthermore, research projects in this field can also be funded. In this spirit of supportive, practice-oriented funding, the Walter Wittke Prize 2024 was awarded to the Institute of Soil Mechanics and Rock Mechanics (IBF) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT),

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