{"id":4127,"date":"2025-07-09T08:14:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurohinca.com\/?p=4127"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:43:43","slug":"what-types-of-soils-are-most-suitable-for-the-use-of-closed-shields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurohinca.com\/en\/que-tipos-de-suelos-son-mas-adecuados-para-el-uso-de-escudos-cerrados\/","title":{"rendered":"What types of soils are most suitable for the use of closed shields?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4127\" class=\"elementor elementor-4127\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6327ef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d6327ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d3dfe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d3dfe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"817\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/eurohinca.com\/en\/closed-shield-tunnel-boring-machines\/\"><strong data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"467\">closed shields<\/strong><\/a> o <a href=\"https:\/\/eurohinca.com\/en\/closed-shield-epb\/\"><strong data-start=\"470\" data-end=\"510\">balanced pressure shields (EPB)<\/strong><\/a> are mainly used in <strong data-start=\"541\" data-end=\"576\">soft and not very cohesive soils<\/strong>where it is essential to control ground pressure to avoid settlement or collapse during drilling. Its use is especially indicated in urban environments, water saturated areas and soils with geotechnical heterogeneities.<\/p><h2 data-start=\"819\" data-end=\"867\">\u2705 Floors most suitable for closed shields.<\/h2><p data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"926\">The most suitable soil types for this technology are:<\/p><ul data-start=\"928\" data-end=\"1177\"><li data-start=\"928\" data-end=\"977\"><p data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"977\"><strong data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"958\">Soft clays and silts<\/strong>even saturated<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"978\" data-end=\"1056\"><p data-start=\"980\" data-end=\"1056\"><strong data-start=\"980\" data-end=\"1005\">Fine to medium sands<\/strong>especially in areas with a high water table<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1128\"><p data-start=\"1059\" data-end=\"1128\"><strong data-start=\"1059\" data-end=\"1098\">Soils with low percentage of gravel<\/strong>without large elements<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1177\"><p data-start=\"1131\" data-end=\"1177\"><strong data-start=\"1131\" data-end=\"1177\">Urban land with heterogeneous backfills<\/strong><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1377\">In these contexts, closed shields allow the excavation face pressure to be maintained in a controlled and safe manner, minimizing the risk of subsidence or surface deformation.<\/p><p data-start=\"1379\" data-end=\"1646\">In Eurohinca we have extensive experience in <strong><a class=\"cursor-pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/eurohinca.com\/en\/works\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1427\" data-end=\"1513\">microtunneling projects<\/a><\/strong> where closed shields have been used in complex geological situations, guaranteeing optimal results in adverse conditions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los escudos cerrados o escudos de presi\u00f3n equilibrada (EPB) se utilizan principalmente en suelos blandos y poco cohesivos, donde es fundamental controlar la presi\u00f3n del terreno para evitar asentamientos o colapsos durante la perforaci\u00f3n. Su uso est\u00e1 especialmente indicado en entornos urbanos, zonas saturadas de agua y terrenos con heterogeneidades geot\u00e9cnicas. \u2705 Suelos m\u00e1s adecuados [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-preguntas-frecuentes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00bfQu\u00e9 suelos son ideales para escudos cerrados? | Eurohinca<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Escudos cerrados en t\u00faneles sin zanja: tipos de suelo recomendados, presi\u00f3n de c\u00e1mara, control del frente y mitigaci\u00f3n geot\u00e9cnica.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eurohinca.com\/en\/what-types-of-soils-are-most-suitable-for-the-use-of-closed-shields\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u00bfQu\u00e9 suelos son ideales para escudos cerrados? 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