CONSTRUCTION OF SHIN-KANMON TUNNEL - EXCAVATION OF GREAT FAULTY ZONE UNDERSEA

A detailed description of the construction of this railway tunnel is given. The article includes sections covering the following topics: cross-section of the tunnel; type of support; the route; summary of works; works of undersea section (construction method for undersea section, excavation of inclined shaft, long horizontal boring and pilot tunnel, geology of undersea zone, works in fractured rock layers in pilot tunnel, design and execution of works of main tunnel); execution of works of land zone with inferior rock (weak rock containing spring-water, zone having thin earth covering beneath urban area); and shotcrete methods and rock bolting methods. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Japan Society of Civil Engineers

  1-chome, Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku
  Tokyo,   Japan  160-0004
• Authors:
  • Saita, T
• Publication Date: 0

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 43-65
• Serial:
  • CIVIL ENGINEERING IN JAPAN
  • Volume: 13
  • Publisher: Japan Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0578-3747

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anchorages; Construction management; Cross sections; Design; Drainage; Drilling; Excavations; Geological events; Geology; Railroads; Rock bolting; Rockbolts; Shotcrete; Structural design; Timbering; Tunnel lining; Tunnel supports; Tunneling; Tunneling machines; Tunnels; Underwater construction; Underwater structures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tunnel design
• Geographic Terms: Asia; Japan
• Old TRIS Terms: Geological conditions; Railway; Submarine tunneling
• ITRD Terms: 3420: Anchorage; 8005: Asia; 3666: Construction method; 6404: Cross section; 9011: Design (overall design); 3871: Drilling; 4053: Geology; 8053: Japan; 4730: Shotcrete; 3605: Timbering; 3374: Tunnel; 3385: Tunnel lining; 3626: Underwater
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Railroads; I54: Construction of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134308
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1976 12:00AM