TUNNELING FOR TRANSPORTATION

This paper discusses the role of the transportation tunnel. The state-of-the-art is discussed for tunneling technology, and general areas needing research and development are identified. The problems to be solved are difficult ones; they will require a high degree of technical competence and innovation on the part of those who solve them. With a projected demand greater than $14 billion for the decades of the 70's and 80's, achievable technological improvements leading to 30 percent cost savings and 100-200 percent increases in construction rates will produce savings of over $2 billion for the Nation. Additional fringe benefits related to an improved environment and better energy utilization cause the transportation tunnel to be called an important tool for achieving national goals.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Winter Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Nov. 11-15, 1973, sponsored by the Applied Mechanics Division and the Automatic Controls Division. Papers presented at this meeting are compiled in "Surveys of Research in Transportation Technology", AMD-Vol. 5.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Foster, E L
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 143-152
• Serial:
  • Publication of: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Rapid transit; Tunneling; Tunnels; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057165
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1981 12:00AM