TUNNELS. PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION. VOLUME 1

This book contains the following chapters: History (ancient mines and tunnels, canals, Brunel's Thames Tunnel, railways, national systems, shields and compressed air, 20th century techniques); Functions and Requirements (pedestrian and cycle subways, railways, metro systems, highways, water conveyance, sewers, service tunnels, storage and other tunnels); Investigations (planning, topography, site history, geology, site investigation, methods of boring, sampling, in-situ tests, trial excavations, hydrology, gases, structures); Tunnelling in soft ground (pattern of ground stress, timbered headings, circular tunnel segmental lining, greathead shield, tunnel jacking, size of tunnel, management of water, art of tunnelling); Compressed air working (physical aspects, excavation and support, physiological effects, decompression tables, medical control); Rock tunnelling (stresses, rock characteristics, drilling equipment, explosives, ventilation, drainage and pumping, immediate support, grouting); Tunnelling machines for soft ground and rock (types of tunnelling machines, bentonite shield, Mersey Kingsway tunnel mole, mechanization); Permanent linings (in situ concrete, sprayed concrete and rock bolts, segmental linings, brickwork and masonry); Survey and Control (ground survey, photogrammetric survey and mapping, buried services and structures, survey instruments, setting out and control); The Channel Tunnel and the Seikan Tunnel. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Horwood (Ellis) Limited

  Market Cross House, Cooper Street
  Chichester, West Sussex,   England 
• Authors:
  • Megaw, T M
  • Bartlett, J V
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 284 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bentonite; Compressed air; Compressibility; Construction; Design; Diseases and medical conditions; Drainage; Drilling; Drilling machines; Equipment; Exploration; Explosives; Gases; Hydrology; Manuals; Pedestrian tunnels; Photogrammetry; Planning; Presplitting (Blasting); Rock mechanics; Rocks; Shielding (Tunneling); Soils; Stresses; Structural design; Subways; Surveying; Tests; Timbering; Tunnel lining; Tunneling machines; Tunnels; Ventilation systems; Water
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation; Tunnel design
• Geographic Terms: France; Japan; United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Drilling equipment; Geological explorations; Subway construction; Timbering (Supporting)
• ITRD Terms: 4186: Bentonite; 5188: Blasting; 3814: Compressed air; 5905: Compressibility; 9011: Design (overall design); 2937: Drainage; 3871: Drilling; 3674: Equipment; 8036: France; 8053: Japan; 2154: Medical aspects; 4004: Photogrammetry; 143: Planning; 4154: Rock; 3394: Shield driving; 5722: Site investigation; 4156: Soil; 5575: Stress (in material); 6255: Test; 8526: Textbook; 3605: Timbering; 3374: Tunnel; 3385: Tunnel lining; 8119: United Kingdom; 3392: Ventilation; 4355: Water
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I25: Design of Tunnels; I54: Construction of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00345217
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-470-27151-5
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 29 1982 12:00AM